Limestone funerary stele of a boy - image 1

Bronze Age

Limestone funerary stele of a boy

Within the niche a young boy is shown frontally; his feet are spread but on the same level. His chiton falls below the knees. Overall: 34 x 18 x 6 1/2 in. (86.4 x 45.7 x 16.5 cm)

Date

3900 BC - 100 AD

Accession No.

74.51.2476

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From the necropolis of Golgoi

References

  • Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 781, p. 52, pl. XII.8, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.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. CXXVI, 919, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1398, p. 351, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 107, p. 192, pl. LX, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 488, p. 351, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.