Archaic II
Limestone head with of a beardless male with a wreath of leaves
Wearing fillet. Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (14.6 x 9.8 x 12.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 500 - 480 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Collection
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
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. LVIII.496, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 107, pp. 108-9, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 41.160.412, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Hermary 2013, no. 107
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