Classical
Limestone statuette of Zeus Ammon
Figure seated on high-backed throne. Overall: 6 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. (15.9 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm)
Date
400 - 301 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2662
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. LXXXVIII.582, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. and Max Ohnefalsch-Richter. 1899. A catalogue of the Cyprus Museum with a chronicle of excavations undertaken since the British occupation and introductory notes on Cypriote archaeology. Oxford: Clarendon Press.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1140, p. 181, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Myres, John L. 1940-1945. "Excavations in Cyprus, 1913." Annual of the British School at Athens, 41:Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 325, p. 242, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.