Hellenistic
Limestone head of a snake
The head of a bearded snake held something in its open and furrowed mouth. Overall: H.:4 1/8 x W.:1 9/16 x D.:3 1/2 in. (10.5 x 4 x 8.9 cm)
Date
310 - 30 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2578
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. XXVII.77, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1112, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1990. Vol. 5: Herakles-Kenchrias. "Herakles (Cypri)," p. 195, no. 29, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 310, pp. 234-35, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.