Fragmentary limestone relief with a snake and dolphin

Fragmentary limestone relief with a snake and dolphin

Description:

An inscription, running from left to right, is preserved in front of the snake's head.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 13 3/4 × 4 × 12 in., 16.5 lb. (34.9 × 10.2 × 30.5 cm)

Period:

Hellenistic

Date:

325 - 200 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, Golgoi, Cyprus: “outside, near one of the entrances of the temple”

References:

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 775, p. 51, pl. XI, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. 11, p. 209, pl. III.Hall, Isaac H. 1875. "The Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 10: no. 11, p. 209, pl. III.Schmidt, Moritz. 1876. Sammlung kyprischer Inschriften in epichorischer Schrift. pl. 14,1, Jena: Hermann Dufft.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. no. 13, p. 144, London: John Murray.Deecke, Wilhelm. 1884. Die griechisch-Kyprischen Inschriften in epichorischer Schrift. p. 87, Göttingen.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. LXXV.561, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Hall, Isaac H. 1885. "The Cypriot Inscriptions of the Cesnola Collection in New York." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 11: no. 87, p. 226.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. CXXXII, 2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1863, pp. 310, 532, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Stebbins, Eunice Burr. 1929. ""The Dolphin in the Literature and Art of Greece and Rome."." Master's Diss. p. 51. Johns Hopkins University.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 291, pp. 44, 294, pl. LI.1, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 424, p. 301, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2369