Limestone head of a beardless male with a helmet of Greek type

Limestone head of a beardless male with a helmet of Greek type

Description:

Warrior with crested helmet.


2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (7 x 4.4 x 6.3 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 525 BC

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. LXXXI.534, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1050, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 21, p. 42, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2693