Archaic II
Limestone statuette of a beardless male votary in Egyptianizing dress
Figure wearing belted kilt. Overall: 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. (17.1 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm)
Date
600 - 540 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2567
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. XXXIV.219, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1039, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 36, p. 348, pl. 30, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 48, pp. 59, 64, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.