Left forearm and hand of a statue holding a scroll or container
Date5th–4th century BCE
PeriodClassical
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 20, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1826
On View
Not on viewLength: 9 9/16 in. (24.25 cm)
Scroll
Length: 5 5/8 in. (14.25 cm)
Diameter: 1 15/16 in. (4.94 cm)
Arm
Width (end): 3.0 in. (7.6 cm)
Thickness (end): 2.0 in. (5.07 cm)
Rectangular cutting
Length: 7/8 in. (2.25 cm)
Width: 3/4 in. (1.93 cm)
Drillings
Diameter: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Hand (as fist)
Length: 3 7/16 in. (8.72 cm)
Width: 3 1/4 in. (8.24 cm)
Thickness: 2 1/8 in. ( 5.46 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 10 YR 8/2 (very pale brown)
Inclusions
n/a
late 6th to mid-5th century BCE
325-50 BC
540-450 BC
