
Bronze Age
Limestone statuette of a female votary
Figure with cloak drawn over head. Overall: 18 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (46.4 x 14.9 x 9.5 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Stone sculpture
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
- Findspot
- Golgoi
- Date
- 3900 BC - 100 AD
Collection
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. CXXXIV.991, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1249, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 211, p. 174, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.2709, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 1249
- Hermary 2013, no. 211
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