Archaic II
Gold swivel ring with agate scaraboid
Two seated roaring lions with a plant between them. 1/4 × 5/8 × 5/16 in. (0.6 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm) Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Date
599 - 400 BC
Accession No.
74.51.4209
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- 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. pl. xxxvii, 14, London: John Murray.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. XXV, 15, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4209, p. 419, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.