Terracotta model of a shrine
Description: | The shrine contains a nonfigural representation, known as a betyl. The crescent and disk above the opening are symbols of the goddess Astarte, to whom the model may have been dedicated. H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 600 - 480 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
References: | Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1894. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 2. pl. XIII.101, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2130, p. 348, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Betancourt, Philip P. 1971. "An Aeolic Shrine in Philadelphia." American Journal of Archaeology, 75(4): pp. 427-28, fig. 10, pl. 91.Culican, William. 1976. "A Terracotta Shrine from Achzib." Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palastina-Vereins, 92(1). p. 47, n. 1, pl. 2A.Karageorghis, Vassos. 1996. "The Cypro-archaic period monsters, animals and miscellanea." The Coroplastic Art of Ancient Cyprus, Vol. 6. no. T9, p. 64, pl. XXXV.4, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Hermary, Antoine. 2000. Amathonte: Les figurines en terre cuite, archaïques et classiques, les sculptures en pierre, Vol. 5. p. 47, n. 101, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Karageorghis, Vassos, Gloria Merker, and Joan R. Mertens. 2016. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracottas. no. 257, p. 149, Online Publication, [CD-Rom 2004], New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.1753 |