Limestone finial of a funerary stele with volutes and the head of Hathor - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone finial of a funerary stele with volutes and the head of Hathor

Tombstone with Hathor head, sacred tree and lotus flowers. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 18 × 31 × 2 1/2 in., 50.5 lb. (45.7 × 78.7 × 6.4 cm, 22.9 kg)

Date

575 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2495

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From the necropolis of Golgoi, Cyprus Between 1870 and 1873, found in Golgoi; until 1874, collection of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L.P. di Cesnola.

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. XXII.51, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1419, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Sophocleous, Sophocles. 1985. ""Atlas des représentations chypro-archaiques des divinités." Master's Diss.." Master's Diss. no. 1, p. 132, fig. 17. Paul Aströms Förlag.Hermary, Antoine. 1985. "Un nouveau chapiteau hathorique trouvé à Amathonte." Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 109(2): pp. 676, 681.Walcher, Katja. 2009. Die Architektur und Bauernornamentik der archaischen Königsgräber von Tamassos auf Zypern . no. III.52, p. 130, pl. 30.4, Rahden/ Westf: VML, Verlag Marie Leidorf.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 458, p. 330-31, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus : Crossroads of Civilization : Guide to the exhibition p. 39, London: DeArtcom.Bombardieri, Luca and Elisa Panero. 2021. Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations : exhibition catalog no. 116, p. 299, London: DeArtcom.