Bronze Age
Limestone hand holding a sword (?)
The under-lifesize hand holds an object, possibly a sword, the end of which is rounded, with two circular elements under a part that is square in section. Overall: 5 x 3 x 6 1/2 in. (12.7 x 7.6 x 16.5 cm)
Date
3900 BC - 100 AD
Accession No.
74.51.2705
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios
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. XXVIII.124, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1155, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Counts, Derek B. 2011. "Local Styles and Regional Trends in Cypriot Limestone Sculpture." Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Vol. 65, Michael K. Toumazou, P. Nick Kardulias, and Derek B. Counts, eds. pp. 158-59, fig. 11.13b, Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 293, pp. 222-23, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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