Archaic II
Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a disk and a crescent
Crescent and disk in high relief and painted red sash. 22 × 16 3/4 × 4 1/2 in., 74 lb. (55.9 × 42.5 × 11.4 cm, 33.6 kg)
Date
550 - 501 BC
Accession No.
74.51.2876
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. XVII.25, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1416, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Pogiatzi, Elena. 2003. Die Grabreliefs auf Zypern: von der archaischen bis zur romischen Zeit. cat. 14, pp. 113-14, pl. IX, Mannheim: Bibliopolis.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 465, pp. 334-35, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.