Amathus sarcophagus
The Amathus sarcophagus is a Cypriot sarcophagus that likely held a king of Amathus. Its sides show procession scenes and typify Cypriot, Greek and Phoenician-Near Eastern styles of the mid-fifth century BCE. The sarcophagus was excavated by Luigi Palma di Cesnola and is currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Amathus sarcophagus
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The Amathus sarcophagus is a Cypriot sarcophagus that likely held a king of Amathus. Its sides show procession scenes and typify Cypriot, Greek and Phoenician-Near Eastern styles of the mid-fifth century BCE. The sarcophagus was excavated by Luigi Palma di Cesnola and is currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure. Polychromy on the Amathus Sarcophagus, a "Rare Gem of Art", Metropolitan Museum Journal, 2001.
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* * * * • Schollmeyer, Patrick; Stylianou, Andreas (2007). Der Sarkophag aus Amathous als Beispiel kontaktinduzierten Wandels / Der Sarkophag aus Golgoi. Zur Grabrepräsentation eines zyprischen Stadtkönigs [The sarcophagus from Amathous as an example of contact-induced change / The sarcophagus from Golgoi. On the funerary representation of a Cypriot city king]. Forschungen zur phönizisch-punischen und zyprischen Plastik, vol. 2.2. Mainz: Zabern,.
Limestone sarcophagus- the Amathus sarcophagus MET DT257
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