Male head from a funerary stele
Date3rd–1st century BCE
PeriodHellenistic
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesOne of twenty-five heads said to have been "found, with a few exceptions, in the temple" at Golgoi, Cyprus
MediumLimestone
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1728
This sculpture of a man’s head is flat at the back and may have been sheared off a larger sculpture. The man’s lack of headgear may mean that his face was originally carved for a funerary monument. Perhaps it was rededicated in fragmentary form in the sanctuary.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Width: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Thickness (max, at nose): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Width (at base): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Thickness (at base): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Mount pin
Length mount pin: 2 1/16 in. (5.25 cm)
Diameter mount pin: 1/4 in. (0.56 cm)
Face
Height (to top of hair): 6 5/16 in. (16.1 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 4.0 in. (10.1 cm)
Width (ear to ear): 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow) to 2.5Y 8/1 (white)
Inclusions
1st century CE
second half of the 4th century BCE
560-480 BC
325-50 BC
50 BC-250 AD
600-540 BC
560-520 BC
560-520 BC
50 B.C.- 150 A.D.
540-450 BC
540-450 BC