Limestone fragment of an altar with a relief - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone fragment of an altar with a relief

A bearded figure, wearing a conical cap beneath which appear locks of hair, reclines on a couch, his left elbow resting on a cushion. A dog is attached to the upright of the couch and in front of him, facing left, stands a small, beardless figure. A syllabic inscription is inscribed above the banqueter. Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (23.5 x 8.3 x 10.8 cm)

Date

500 - 475 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2318

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. 780, p. 52, 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. 27, p. 214, pl. VI.Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1877. Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in That Island. pl. XLVIII, London: John Murray.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. XXVII.89, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.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. CXXVIII, 2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1859, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Yavis, Constantine G. 1949. Greek Altars, Origins and Typology, including the Minoan-Mycenaean Offertory Apparatus . no. 17, pp. 138, 173 [n. 22], St. Louis: St. Louis University Press.Masson, Olivier. 1961. Les Inscriptions Chypriotes Syllabiques: Recueil Critique et Commenté. no. 282, Paris: E. de Boccard.Tatton-Brown, Veronica. 1984. "Sculptors at Golgoi." Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus (RDAC) p. 173, n. 36, pl. XXXIII:2.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 442, p. 316, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.