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Cypriot Limestone Ram-Bearer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

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

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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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