Limestone footstool (?)
Description: | On the uppermost band of one of the sides is a syllabic inscription probably mentioning the goddess of Paphos. Overall: 9 1/2 x 12 x 11 1/2 in. (24.1 x 30.5 x 29.2 cm) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 500 - 401 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios |
References: | 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. 2, p. 206, pl. I.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. CXXIX.1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1866, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 286, pl. L.2, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 419, p. 298, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2324 |