Archaic II
Tree of life
Life tree The large volute chapter, which was discovered in 1894 in the eastern part of the Acropolis of Idalion, served as a crowning of a votive stele.It belongs to a series of monuments that from the 7th to the 5th century BC.BC in Idalion, Golgoi and Tamassos were primarily set up in grave facilities and represent the Egyptian or oriental motif of the "life tree".Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999 H. 90 cm, B. 117 cm, T. 21 cm
Date
650 - 550 BC
Accession No.
Antikensammlung, I 717
Collection
Vienna Museum
Provenance
- ENFALLSCHETHERE, MAX;1895 purchase
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