Two fragments of a limestone sarcophagus lid with snakes
Description: | The two nonjoining fragments belong to the lid of a large sarcophagus with a molded edge. There is the coiled body of a snake on each fragment. Overall: 8 x 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (20.3 x 29.2 x 21 cm) |
Period: | Archaic II |
Date: | 500 - 450 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | From Cyprus |
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. XXVII.91, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1111, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1990. Vol. 5: Herakles-Kenchrias. "Herakles (Cypri)," p. 195, no. 29, Zürich: Artemis Verlag.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 492, p. 371, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2616 |