Fragment of a limestone votive relief
Description: | Two votaries, with their right hands raised, appear in front of a rounded altar preceded by a sloping element on the ground. Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (18.7 x 10.8 x 3.8 cm) |
Period: | Hellenistic |
Date: | 330 BC - 4 AD |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, Golgoi, Cyprus |
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. LXXXV.557, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXVIII.4, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1872, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 269, pl. XLIX.1, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 452, p. 324, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.2355 |