Lower torso and upper legs of a colossal male statue wearing a kilt with a head of Hathor flanked by uraeus snakes on the sash
Datemid-6th c. BCE
Periodlate Archaic
Object GeographyCyprus
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found on the spot west of the temple" at Golgoi, Cyprus
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 36 × 24 × 6 in. (91.4 × 61 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1923
This colossal male statue wears an Egyptian-style kilt and stands with his left leg forward as in Egyptian sculpture. At the bottom of the kilt’s sash is the Egyptian goddess Hathor with her cow ears and long curled hair. At the time of this sculpture she symbolized queenship on Cyprus.
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second quarter of the 6th c. BCE
600-540 BC
600-540 BC
540-450 BC
600-540 BC
7th Century BC