Archaic II
Limestone naiskos with Egyptianizing decoration
Miniature shrine in Egyptian style with a figure of Thoth. Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 1 11/16 in. (11.4 x 7.9 x 4.3 cm)
Date
550 - 501 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2562
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Golgoi, “site near the temple”
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.377, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1034, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. pp. 180-81, pl. XLII.3. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 439, pp. 310, 312, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.