
Archaic II
Limestone votive throne
Throne with panelled back and front. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 30 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 15 in., 243 lb. (77.5 × 47 × 38.1 cm, 110.2 kg)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
- Date
- 599 - 500 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Amathus
Collection
Provenance
- “From a temple at Amathus”
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. LXXXV.555, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1379, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 430, pp. 304-5, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2498, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1379
- Hermary 2013, no. 430
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