Golgoi, Sanctuary at / sculpture fragment, head / Limestone

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Object Identifier
0000.02.9108
Object Name
sculpture fragment, head
Materials
Limestone
Weight
too heavy for lab scales
Pierced
161
Inscribed
161
Full Artifact Description
Male head with Egyptian hairstyle. Broken across chin and down to back of head, with upper area of right shoulder partially preserved; missing tip of nose. Limestone. Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Golgoi, Cyprus. p.H. 0.31 m, W. 0.135 m, D. 0.273 m (Rocks, Paper, Memory; Larson).
Subjects
Male with Egyptian wig
Verbatim Date
ca 550-525 BC
Verbatim Provenance
Cyprus
Verbatim Site
Golgoi, Sanctuary at
Production Site
140
Countermark
161
Exhibition Title
Pedestal 07 - Archaic Head
Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator
Talalay, Lauren
Ratté, Christopher
Exhibition Year
2009
2015
Publication Title
Catalogue of the Cypriote Sculptures and Terracottas in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, the University of Michigan (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology)
Archaische Kalksteinplastik Zyperns: Unterschungen zur Iknographie, Typologie und formgeschichtlichen Entwicklung der kyprischen Rundplastik der archaischen Zeit (dissertation)
Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures
Passionate Curiosities: Tales of Collectors & Collections from the Kelsey Museum
Publication Author
Albertson, F.C.
Mylonas, D.G.
Ratte, Christopher, Artin, Wendy, Larson, Katherine A.
Talalay, Lauren E.; Cool, Margaret Root
Publication Year
1991
1998
2015
Type Category
30

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4805 x 7199
File Size
1 MB
Record
0000.02.9108
Link to this Item
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"Golgoi, Sanctuary at; sculpture fragment, head; Limestone." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.9108/0000_02_9108p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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