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 viewHeight: 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
late 4th century BCE
5th century BCE
5th century BCE
325-50 BC
late 6th–early 5th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
early 5th century BCE
second half of the 4th century BCE