Limestone statuette of a male votary with a long garment and a plain headdress - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a male votary with a long garment and a plain headdress

The figure stands on a small plinth with schematically rendered bare feet that are side by side. Overall: 11 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (29.8 × 10.5 × 6.4 cm)

Date

560 - 540 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2503

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. XXXII.211, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1008, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 172, p. 151, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.