
Archaic II
Limestone statuette of Zeus Ammon
Some preserved traces of red and black indicate that the smooth stone surface originally would have been painted. Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 x 1 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Decoration
- Painted
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 575 - 550 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
Accession No.
74.51.2561
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. LVII.250, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1139, p. 181, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41: p. 65.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 3, pp. 60-1. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 321, p. 241, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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