Hellenistic
Limestone statuette of an oriental god or hero (?)
The pendants hanging from the ears indicate that the figure is of eastern origin (or a woman?). On the head is an oriental cap, the lappets of which fall forward onto the chest. Overall: 13 1/4 x 4 x 1 7/8 in. (33.7 x 10.2 x 4.8 cm)
Date
330 - 200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2339
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Said to be from the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates at Kourion, Cyprus
References
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXVII.6, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1846, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Mitford, Terence Bruce. 1971. The Inscriptions of Kourion. no. 22, pp. 54-56, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.Neumann, Gunter. 2001. "Beitrage zum Kyprischen XX." Kadmos: Zeitschrift für vor- und frühgrieschische Epigraphik, 39: p. 177-86.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 354, pp. 260-61, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karnava, Artemis and Massimo Perna. 2020. Inscriptiones Graecae, Inscriptiones Cypri, XV 1, 1. no. 110, pp. 45-46, Berlin/ Boston: Walter de Gruyter & Co.
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