Classical
Limestone statuette of a seated Zeus Ammon
Figure with ram's horns, seated on high-backed throne, the arms formed by rams. Overall: 7 x 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14.3 x 8.3 cm)
Date
400 - 301 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2673
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.583, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1136, 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: p. 65.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 324, p. 242, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.