Archaic II
Limestone ram-bearer
Images of worshipers bringing an animal for sacrifice emphasize the importance of agriculture and animal husbandry for the subsistence of the community. Such limestone examples have been found not only on Cyprus but also in sanctuaries on Samos and Rhodes, for instance. More modest representations exist in terracotta. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 13 × 7 × 4 in., 8 lb. (33 × 17.8 × 10.2 cm, 3.6 kg)
Date
599 - 550 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2533
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Kourion, sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
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.21, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1120, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1978. Antichnoe iskusstvo iz muzeia Metropoliten, Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki: Katalog vystavki. no. 80, Moscow: Sovetskii Khudozhnik.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 200, p. 133, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos. 2006. Aspects of Everyday Life in Cyprus: Iconographic Representations. no. 138, p. 159, Nicosia: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 170, p. 149, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.