Limestone head of a male aulos player, Archaic II Cypriot statue

Archaic II

Limestone head of a male aulos player

The back of the head is missing, the nose restored. Only the top of the aulos remains. 6 2/4 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)

Classification

Object type: Stone sculpture
Material: StoneLimestone
Period: Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date: 575 - 551 BC
Findspot: Golgoi

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Accession No.

74.51.2871

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Golgoi-Ayios Photios, “West of the temple”

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. LXXI.458, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1278, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 225, p. 183, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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