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Limestone plinth with the feet of a colossal male statue, Archaic II Cypriot
Limestone plinth with the feet of a colossal male statue, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 560–501 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.2683.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Limestone plinth with the feet of a colossal male statue

The feet stand on a remarkably thin plinth, the left advanced. The right foot is of a piece with what appears to be some kind of support. The toes are very long and there is considerable separation between them. 13 1/8 × 18 × 25 in., 91 lb. (33.3 × 45.7 × 63.5 cm, 41.3 kg)

Classification

Object type
Stone sculpture
Material
StoneLimestone
Period
Iron AgeCypro-Archaic
Date
560 - 501 BC
Place of production
probablyCyprus
Findspot
Golgoi

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Provenance

  • From the Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios, Cyprus, “on the field West of the temple” In March-April 1870, found in Golgoi; until 1874, collection of Luigi Palma di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L.P. di Cesnola.

References

Identifiers

Accession no.
74.51.2683, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues
  • Myres 1914, no. 1257a
  • Hermary 2013, no. 174

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