Limestone head of a female votary - image 1

Hellenistic

Limestone head of a female votary

Female head with hair in prominent knot at back. Overall: 10 9/16 × 12 × 6 in. (26.8 × 30.5 × 15.2 cm)

Date

199 - 100 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2818

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. CV.681, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1328, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 205, pp. 170-71, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.