Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Egyptianizing dress wearing a helmet - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Egyptianizing dress wearing a helmet

Male figure with Egyptian loin-cloth and Assyrian helmet. H.: 26 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (67.9 x 24.8 x 12.1 cm)

Date

600 - 550 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2553

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1038, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 46, pp. 59, 63, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.