Hellenistic
Limestone votive vase fragment
The fragment of a vase has a syllabic inscription that is impossible to interpret. Overall: 4 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (11.4 x 19.4 x 4.8 cm)
Date
400 - 201 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2352
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. 15, p. 211, 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. CXXXVIII, 3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1864, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 292, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 423, p. 301, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.