Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper) - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper)

The figure wears a conical helmet, the crest of which falls to the back. Overall: 20 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 3 in. (52.1 x 17.1 x 7.6 cm)

Date

575 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2535

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. XLII.267, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1003, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 15, p. 38, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.