Archaic II

Limestone statuette of a seated female figure

The figure, probably female, is seated, her hands on the armrests. She wears a long tunic with red paint on the sleeves and on the edge of the garment. The holes on the sides of the statuette may have held the axle of a chariot. There are representations of the female goddess Astarte on a chariot. Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (11.4 x 9.2 x 3.8 cm)

Date

525 - 500 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2564

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

“In a tomb at Amathus”

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. LVII.372, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1134, p. 180, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Veronica Tatton-Brown. 1981. Amathonte: Testimonia. Deuxième partie, Les sculptures découvertes avant 1975, Vol. 2. p. 24, pl. 25, 7, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 202, p. 134, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 192, pp. 162-63, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.