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Cypriot Limestone Ram-Bearer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010
Title: Limestone ram-bearer
Medium; Technique: Limestone
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Archaic
Date: second quarter of 6th century B.C.
Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 7 x 4 in. (33 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2533
On View
Description:
Images of worshipers bringing an animal for sacrifice emphasize the importance of agriculture and animal husbandry for the subsistence of the community. Such limestone examples have been found not only on Cyprus but also in sanctuaries on Samos and Rhodes, for instance. More modest representations exist in terracotta.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
Medium; Technique: Limestone
Culture: Cypriot
Period: Archaic
Date: second quarter of 6th century B.C.
Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 7 x 4 in. (33 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2533
On View
Description:
Images of worshipers bringing an animal for sacrifice emphasize the importance of agriculture and animal husbandry for the subsistence of the community. Such limestone examples have been found not only on Cyprus but also in sanctuaries on Samos and Rhodes, for instance. More modest representations exist in terracotta.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...
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