Limestone arm holding a sword - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone arm holding a sword

The left forearm and hand, the thumb of which is missing, belongs to a large statue. The hand holds the lower part of a wide, flat object, probably a sword. Overall: 7 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (18.1 x 19.1 cm)

Date

300 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.2704

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. XXVIII.125, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1154, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Counts, Derek B. 2011. "Local Styles and Regional Trends in Cypriot Limestone Sculpture." Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Vol. 65, Michael K. Toumazou, P. Nick Kardulias, and Derek B. Counts, eds. pp. 158-59, fig. 11.13a, Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 292, p. 222, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.