Bronze statuette of a ram

Bronze statuette of a ram

Description:

The ram had been used as the symbol on the coinage of the kings of Salamis in the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. But it also had a wider significance in the Cypriot countryside, where pastoralism was an important element in the way of life. The statuette may have been made as a votive offering at a rural shrine.


H. 2 1/8 in. (5.41 cm) L. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

Period:

Roman

Date:

200 BC - 200 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5024, p. 499, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 463, p. 284, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5625