Upper part of a limestone warrior from a chariot group

Upper part of a limestone warrior from a chariot group

Description:

Head an part of torso of warrior with helmet and shield.


Overall: 6 x 6 x 3 1/4 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 550 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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. LVII.393, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1019, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 235, pp. 188-89, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.2569