Classical
Limestone handle of a patera or a fire shovel ending in a ram’s head
Handle ending in a ram's head, with Cypriot inscription, "Heros dedicated it to Apollo." Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (7.6 x 6.4 x 23.2 cm)
Date
500 - 401 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2367
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, Golgoi, Cyprus
References
- Hall, Isaac H. 1874. "Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 10: no. 18, p. 212, pl. IV.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXVII, 1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1861, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 284, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 414, pp. 294-95, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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