Archaic II

Upper part of a limestone statuette of a female aulos player

The lower half of the body is missing and the surface is damaged. The woman holds in each hand a reed of the aulos that she plays. Overall: H.:6 1/2 x W.:5 1/8 x D.:3 1/8 in. (16.5 x 13 x 7.9 cm)

Date

600 - 575 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2532

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

Found “in the ruins of a temple 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. XXI.46, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1027, 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. no. 23, Paris: Editions Recherché sur les Civilisations.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 222, p. 181, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Upper part of a limestone statuette of a female aulos player

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