Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Editor]: A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 1) (New York, 1885)

Plate VII

9. Statue of calcareous stone. Height, 4 feet 44 inches. Found in the temple
(Golgoi).

Archaic figure, standing. Nose and chin broken off, since its discovery, by careless
handling while it was in London. The lower portion of the figure, from above the knees,
is wanting; surface bears evidence of having been purposely defaced, — one large cut near
the left breast was made by the digger, inadvertently, while unearthing the statue in 1870.
The back of the statue is unfinished, but without being flat. The left leg is advanced;
both arms hang down, with clenched hands. The beard is indicated by a raised surface,
and eyebrows in similar manner. On the head a garland, below which a row of short
curls encircles the forehead. The hair falls in heavy tresses down the back, where it
ends, as if cut horizontally. The figure wears a short-sleeved garment, belt, and kilt. On
the belt a winged globe faintly and roughly indicated by incised lines; beneath the belt
a mask of Medusa, with the tongue protruding. Spiral armlets encircle the upper part of
the arms. The left arm, from the shoulder to the wrist, was broken off from the body
when discovered, also a portion of the right arm from the elbow to the sleeve. Their
original pieces were preserved and reattached to the body. This figure is evidently Phoenician,
as the winged globe and head on the dress are not treated in Egyptian style.