Classical
Limestone fragment of a lyre
Seven strings of a lyre are attached to a crosspiece painted pinkish red. Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 in. (15.9 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm)
Date
500 - 401 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2596
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.97, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1176, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 418, p. 297, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.