Limestone inscribed block

Limestone inscribed block

Description:

Fragmentary Greek inscription containing parts of three proper names.


H.: 6 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (17.5 x 15.9 x 5.4 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 400 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from Golgoi, Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1917, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bodel, John P. and Stephen Tracy. 1997. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA : A Checklist. p. 185, Rome: American Academy in Rome.Kantirea, Maria and Daniela Summa. 2020. Inscriptiones Graecae, Inscriptiones Cypri, XV 2, 1. no. 342, p. 105, Berlin/ Boston: Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Accession Number:

74.51.2445