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Stele with a crouching lion behind the head of a male statuette holding an object and wearing a tunic and wreath of leaves
Stele with a crouching lion behind the head of a male statuette holding an object and wearing a tunic and wreath of leaves

Stele with a crouching lion behind the head of a male statuette holding an object and wearing a tunic and wreath of leaves

Date5th century BCE
Periodend of the Archaic to the early Classical
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1777
On View
Not on view
DimensionsOverall
Height: 29 1/2 in. (75 cm)
Width (max, at base): 10 9/16 in. (26.75 cm)
Thickness (max, at base): 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Thickness (at top, with lion and head): 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Lion
Height: 4 4/16 in. (11 cm)
Width: 4 15/16 in.) (9.98-15 cm)
Length: 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm)
Face
Height: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Width (ear to ear): 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Object held (bread?)
Length: 2 1/8 in. (5.47 cm)
Width: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Thickness: 1 1/16 in. (2.63 cm)
Boy
Height: 27 9/16 in. (70 cm)
Width: 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
Thickness: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)

Medium Details

Color

Stone:  2.5Y 8/1 (white)

Paint: 10R 6/4 (pale red)

Inclusions

n/a