Limestone funerary monument with a seated woman

Limestone funerary monument with a seated woman

Description:

Woman seated, with folded hands, wearing tunic, cloak, and veil.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 42 × 17 1/2 × 6 3/4 in., 147 lb. (106.7 × 44.5 × 17.1 cm, 66.7 kg)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

199 - 1 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From the necropolis of Salamis

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. CXXVI.918, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1399, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 91, pp. 179-80, pl. LII, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 484, p. 348, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Scherrer, Peter, Gabriele Koiner, and Anja Ulbrich. 2013. Hellenistisches Zypern [Hellenistic Cyprus. Proceedings of the International Conference, Department of Archaeology, University of Graz, 14 October 2010] pp. 81-3, fig. 7a-b, Graz: Unipress graz.

Accession Number:

74.51.2489