Hellenistic
Limestone statue of a veiled female votary
Female votary wearing tunic and cloak, the latter drawn over her head. Overall: 76 × 24 × 13 in., 856 lb. (193 × 61 × 33 cm, 388.3 kg)
Date
99 BC - 1 AD
Accession No.
74.51.2456
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- “From the ruins 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. CXVIII.855, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1404, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Vessberg, Olof and Alfred Wesholm. 1956. The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Vol. 4, Pt. 3. p. 87, pl. IX.3, Stockholm: Håkan Ohlssons Boktryckeri.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 428, pp. 264-5, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Jacqueline. 2005. Kypris: the Aphrodite of Cyprus: Ancient Sources and Archaeological Evidence. pp. 166-67, p. 171, Nicosia, Cyprus: Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 208, pp. 172-73, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.