Male statuette head wearing a wreath of leaves
Date5th c. BCE
Periodearly Classical
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriot
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found in the temple" at Golgoi, Cyprus
MediumLimestone with red and green paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1738
Cypriot sculptors and architects used the soft limestone of Cyprus, much of which was quarried near Golgoi. That site is in the Mesaoria, the region of Cyprus between its two mountain ranges. Sculptures like this one were originally colorfully painted. Paints came from copper, cinnabar, and other natural sources.
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late 4th-1st c. BCE
325-50 BC
50 BC-250 AD
420-325 BC
540-450 BC
50 BC- AD 250
50 BC- AD150