Classical

Limestone temple boy

The boy sits on a roughly elliptical plinth. He is dressed in a short-sleeved chiton and a garment above it that reaches his ankles. With his right hand, he holds a cock that rests on the boy's left leg and foot. He wears a chain with pendants, signet rings, etc. across his chest. He has a round, flat face and wears rings on his ear lobes. Grooves mark his short hair. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 15 1/2 × 14 7/8 × 8 in., 33 lb. (39.4 × 37.8 × 20.3 cm, 15 kg)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Classical
Date: 400 - 375 BC
Findspot: Kourion-Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

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Accession No.

74.51.2756

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

From CyprusFrom Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1885. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 1. pl. CXXXI.970, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1211, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beer, Cecilia. 1994. Temple-Boys: A Study of Cypriote Votive Sculpture, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, Vol. 113. pp. 55-62, pl. 164, Jonsered: Paul Aströms Förlag.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 364, pp. 230-1, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2000. "The New Cypriot Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Minerva, 11(3): pp. 21-2, fig. 16.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 252, p. 201, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Limestone temple boy

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