Limestone grave relief with two sphinxes - image 1

Classical

Limestone grave relief with two sphinxes

The relief comes from the top of a funerary stele, on which the seated sphinxes acted as guardians watching over the tomb. Overall: 18 1/2 x 27 x 8 1/2 in. (47 x 68.6 x 21.6 cm)

Date

425 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2856

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From the necropolis of Golgoi

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. CIV.679, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1412, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Tatton-Brown, Veronica. 1986. "Gravestones of the Archaic and Classical Periods: Local Production and Foreign Influences." Acts of the International Archaeological Symposium Cyprus between the Orient and the Occident : Nicosia, 8-14 Sept. 1985, Prof. Vassos Karageorghis, ed. p. 448, pl. XLIX.6, Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 66, pp. 158-59, pl. XXXIX, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 469, pp. 336-37, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.