Male statuette wearing short-sleeved tunic, shorts with rosette flowers, rosette flower headband, spiral earrings, and snake-headed spiral arm bracelets
Datefirst half of the 6th c. BCE
Periodlate Archaic
Object GeographyCyprus
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found in the temple" at Golgoi, Cyprus
MediumLimestone
DimensionsHEIGHT: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1749
Worshippers dedicated votive sculptures to stand in for them before a deity. The rosettes on the headband and shorts worn by this male statuette show that the dedicator was of some social standing. The statuette’s armlets and earrings closely replicate jewelry worn in life.
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second quarter of the 6th c. BCE
475-310 BCE
600-540 BC