The figure wears a wig, a relatively simple belt, and a kilt. Decoration on the tunic and central panel of the kilt are very worn. The articulation of the eyebrows and mustache is comparable to that of the terracotta heads nearby; the softness of the limestone allowed details to be articulated much the same way as in clay. An inscription in the Cypriot syllabary on the worshiper's left forearm reads, "I am [the statue] of Tamigoras [Timagoras?]."
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Credit Line:The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:74.51.2467
Inscription: In Cypriot syllabary: "I am (the statue) of Tamigoras" on left forearm
Golgoi–Ayios Photios, “West of the Temple”
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Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 181, p. 116, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Faegersten, Fanni. 2003. The Egyptianizing Male Limestone Statuary from Cyprus: a study of a cross-cultural eastern Mediterranean votive type. no. 24, p. 347, pls. 7.1, 27, Lund, Sweden: The Historical Museum at Lund University.
Höckmann, Ursula. 2004. "Rezeption und Umbildung einiger ägyptischer Motive an den zyprisch-griechischen Kouros-statuetten aus Naukratis: Eine Fallstudie zu Kulturkontakten." Kultur, Sprache, Kontakt. p. 247, fig. 8, Wurzburg: Ergon.
Stylianou, Andreas and Patrick Schollmeyer. 2007. "Der Sarkophag aus Golgoi." Dynastensarkophage mit szenischen Reliefs aus Byblos und Zypern: Der Sarkophag aus Amathous als Beispiel kontaktinduzierten Wandels, 2. p. 220 n. 213, Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern.
Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 49, pp. 59, 65, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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