Limestone votary of a bearded male in Egyptianizing dress - image 1

Archaic I

Limestone votary of a bearded male in Egyptianizing dress

With Assyrian helmet. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 31 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 6 1/2 in., 40 lb. (79.4 × 26.7 × 16.5 cm, 18.1 kg)

Date

650 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2478

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. XLVIII.286, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1037, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Höckmann, Ursula. 2004. "Ägyptisierende Motive an den Zyprisch-Griechischen Kourosstatuetten aus Naukratis." Städel Jahrbuch, n.s. 19: p. 77, figs. 15-16.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 42, pp. 59, 61, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.