Archaic II

Limestone male figure in Egyptian dress

The figure wears a wig, a relatively simple belt, and a kilt. Decoration on the tunic and central panel of the kilt are very worn. The articulation of the eyebrows and mustache is comparable to that of the terracotta heads nearby; the softness of the limestone allowed details to be articulated much the same way as in clay. An inscription in the Cypriot syllabary on the worshiper's left forearm reads, "I am [the statue] of Tamigoras [Timagoras?]." WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 53 3/4 in., 628 lb. (136.5 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 575 - 550 BC
Findspot: Golgoi

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Golgoi-Ayios Photios, “West of the Temple”

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 49, p. 19, pls. II.6, IX.7, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. III.5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1361, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 263, fig. 81, Paris: E. de Boccard.Masson, Olivier. 1971. "Kypriaka IX: Recherches sur les antiquités de Golgoi." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 95(1): p. 315, fig. 9.Hermary, Antoine. 1985. "Un nouveau chapiteau hathorique trouvé à Amathonte." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 109(2): p. 685 n. 92.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 181, p. 116, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 24, p. 347, pls. 7.1, 27, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Höckmann, Ursula. 2004. "Rezeption und Umbildung einiger ägyptischer Motive an den zyprisch-griechischen Kouros-statuetten aus Naukratis: Eine Fallstudie zu Kulturkontakten." Kultur, Sprache, Kontakt. p. 247, fig. 8, Wurzburg: Ergon.Stylianou, Andreas and Patrick Schollmeyer. 2007. "Der Sarkophag aus Golgoi." Dynastensarkophage mit szenischen Reliefs aus Byblos und Zypern: Der Sarkophag aus Amathous als Beispiel kontaktinduzierten Wandels, 2. p. 220 n. 213, Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 49, pp. 59, 65, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.2467, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Doell 1873, no. 49
Myres 1914, no. 1361
Masson 1961, no. 263
Karageorghis 2000, no. 181
Faegersten 2003, no. 24
Hermary 2013, no. 49

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