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Limestone votive relief fragment of a seated deity with an inscribed dedication to Apollo

3rd century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Inscribed "Onasioros dedicated to the god Apollo in (good fortune!)"

The inscription on this relief is in Cypriote syllabary, the origin of which has proven difficult to trace. Past attempts have been made to link it to Egyptian and Hittite hieroglyphics, the letter forms of the Phoencian alphabet and to the Cretan script Linear A, as well as the Mycenaean script Linear B.

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Title: Limestone votive relief fragment of a seated deity with an inscribed dedication to Apollo

Period: Hellenistic

Date: 3rd century BCE

Culture: Cypriot

Medium: Limestone

Dimensions: WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 3 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/8 in., 0.5 lb. (8.3 × 16.5 × 2.9 cm, 0.2 kg)

Classification: Cesnola Inscriptions

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Object Number: 74.51.2313

Chronology

The Eastern Mediterranean, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

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