Roman
Limestone head of a beardless male votary
Figure with wavy hair. Overall: 8 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (21.6 x 17.5 x 18.4 cm)
Date
75 - 25 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2801
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. CXL.1045, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1325, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Connelly, Joan. 1988. Votive Sculpture of Hellenistic Cyprus. no. 50, pp. 83-85, 99, figs. 155-56, Nicosia, Cyprus: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 409, p. 252, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 142, pp. 130-31, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.