Cypriot Statue with Inscription

Description

Limestone male figurine ([GR.239.1888](https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/66385)) with mantle and inscription found in Amargetti Cyprus, dating from 300 B.C. — 201 B.C. The statue is schematically-carved with an important dedicatory inscription engraved at the back referring to a dedication on behalf of [...] to Opaon Melanthios, a god of the shepherds. This god is often identified with the god Pan, who had a sanctuary at Amargetti in the Paphos District of Cyprus, where this statue was found. This 3D model was made as part of the [#CEEF3D project](http://creative-economy.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, in connection to [Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the large Mediterranean Islands](http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/being-islander-art-and-identity-large-mediterranean-islands).