Classical
Limestone inscribed block
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)
Classification
- Object type
- Inscribed object
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 499 - 400 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2445
Collection
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.
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