Male head from a funerary stele
Date1st century CE
Periodearly Roman Empire
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 31, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1611
On View
Not on viewHeight: 9.0 in. (22.9 cm)
Width: 5 7/8 in. (5 cm)
Thickness: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Face
Height: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Width (cheek to cheek): 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)
Width (ear to ear): 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown); patina 7.5 YR 7/3 (pink)
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red)
Inclusions
n/a
50 BC-250 AD
second half of the 4th century BCE
325-50 BC
420-325 BC
50 BC-AD150
5th century BCE
50 BC-AD 150
50 BC- AD 250
50 BC- AD 250
50 BC- AD 250
3rd–1st century BCE