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 XIII

15. Statue of calcareous stone. Height, 1 foot 3^ inches. Found on the spot west
of the temple (Golgoi).

Upper part of the statue of a flute-player. Part of the nose and ends of the flutes
broken away; surface worn and defaced by ancient hacks and cuts; the portion of the figure
from above the waist downwards wanting; back roughly finished. The figure is playing on
a double flute, holding it by both hands to the lips, across which is the leather strap

used in ancient times for strengthening the muscle employed in blowing into the flutes.
The head is covered by a cloth, or wig. The figure wears the usual tight-fitting, sleeveless
garment. The flutes are not separately sculptured, but are united in one piece. Similar
figures, but on a very small scale, were found at Kamiros, in the Island of Rhodes, and
are supposed to be remains of the early Phoenician settlement on that island. They are
sculptured in the calcareous stone of Cyprus, and may have been imported thence into
Rhodes. Specimens of these statuettes may be seen in the British Museum. This figure
exhibits the influence of Egyptian art.