Hellenistic

Limestone votive relief fragment

Sadly broken, the relief and accompanying Cypro-syllabic inscription provide little clue about their meaning. But the large draped figure is probably the god Apollo, holding the kithara (lyre) in his left arm with his right arm reaching across his body to pluck the strings. The small figure to his right may represent a votive statuette on a pedestal. Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 x 1 1/4 in. (19.7 x 10.2 x 3.2 cm)

Date

399 - 200 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2362

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Said to be from the sanctuary of Ayios Photios, Golgoi, Cyprus

References

Doell, Johannes. 1873. Die Sammlung Cesnola. no. 768, p. 50, pl. XI.4, St. Petersburg: L’Académie Impérial des Sciences.Hall, Isaac H. 1874. "Cypriote Inscriptions of the Di Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Journal of the American Oriental Society, 10: no. 28, p. 214, pl. VI.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXXV, 3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1879, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 274, Paris: E. de Boccard.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 449, p. 322, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.