Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper)

Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper)

Description:

The head, with a conical cap, may not belong with the body. The type of garment the figure wears is Greek.


Overall: 19 x 6 1/4 x 3 in. (48.3 x 15.9 x 7.6 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

525 - 500 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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. L.294, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1059, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 74, pp. 82-3, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2536