Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper)

Limestone statuette of a male votary (worshipper)

Description:

The figure wears an Egyptian kilt and a tunic with half-length sleeves. He is holding a small goat, the head of which may not belong.


WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 10 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in., 4 lb. (26.7 × 14 × 8.9 cm, 1.8 kg)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

575 - 525 BC

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. XVI.23, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1066, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 39, p. 348, pl. 31, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 58, p. 72, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2552