Limestone statuette of a recumbent votary (worshipper) - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a recumbent votary (worshipper)

The head probably does not belong to the body. The body is datable to the third quarter of the sixth century, while the head belongs to the end of the century. Overall: 5 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (12.7 x 15.9 x 8.3 cm)

Date

599 - 500 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2542

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. LXXVII.493, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1143, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 244, pp. 194-95, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.