Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a conical helmet - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary with a conical helmet

There are traces of fire on the feet and the left side. The right arm is bent under the garment, the left arm is held to the side of the body. The facial features are summarily rendered. Overall: 9 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. (23.2 x 9.2 x 4.1 cm)

Date

575 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2548

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. LVII.366, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1009, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 13, p. 37, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.