Limestone funerary monument with four figures - image 1

Roman

Limestone funerary monument with four figures

Tombstone with husband, wife, son, and fourth figure. Overall: 59 × 39 1/2 × 15 in. (149.9 × 100.3 × 38.1 cm)

Date

1 - 99 AD

Accession No.

74.51.2483

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From the necropolis of Golgoi

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. CXXXVIII.1030, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1403, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. no. 41, pp. 139-40, pl. XXV, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 487, pp. 350-51, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.