Male statuette head wearing a wreath of leaves
Date5th century 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.
On View
Not on viewHeight: (6 1/2 in.) 16.5 cm
Width (at hair): (4 7/16 in.) 11.3 cm
Thickness: (4 3/4 in.) 12 cm
Face
Height: (5 1/4 in.) 13.4 cm
Width (at cheeks): (3 1/2 in.) 8.9 cm
Width (at ears): (4 3/16 in.) 10.6 cm
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 2.5Y 8/2 pale yellow
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red), green paint not in Munsell
Inclusions
n/a
second half of the 5th century BCE
5th century BCE
late 4th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
second half of the 4th century BCE
late 6th–early 5th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
early 5th century BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
2nd century BCE
325-50 BC