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Cippus with Phoenician inscription, fragmentary

Date:: ca. 362–312 B.C.
Culture:: Cypriot
Medium:: Marble, white
Dimensions:: Overall: 9 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (23.2 x 13 x 13.7 cm)
Classification:: Cesnola Inscriptions
Credit Line:: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:: 74.51.2294

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

From Cyprus From the sanctuary of Phoenician diety Eshmun-melqarth, Kition, Cyprus
References

Teixidor, Javier. 1976. "The Phoenician Inscriptions of the Cesnola Collection." Metropolitan Museum Journal 11: no. 20, pp. 64-65.
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What
Marble (2,128)

Cippi (59)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Cyprus (2,979)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Eastern Mediterranean, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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