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Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of rosettes, Archaic II Cypriot statue
Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of rosettes, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 525–501 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2816.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Limestone head of a beardless male votary with a wreath of rosettes

Head of a man wearing a frontlet. Overall: 9 x 6 x 8 in. (22.9 x 15.2 x 20.3 cm)

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Motif
Rosette
Material
StoneLimestone
Period
Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
525 - 501 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Golgoi

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Accession No.

74.51.2816

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1301, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 95, pp. 100-1, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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