5049862 Limestone sarcophagus: the Amathus sarcophagus, c.460 BC (hard limestone) by Cypriot, (5th century BC); 157.5x236.6x97.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: The sarcophagus probably belonged to one of the kings of Amathus in Cyprus and its iconography documents the thorough integration of Greek, Cypriot, and Oriental features in works of high quality at the middle fifth century B.C. This short end has a row of Near Eastern Astarte figures, nude except for their double necklaces and ear caps, framed with vegetal ornaments, while the gabled lid once featured a pair of sphinxes and a palmette at each end.); Cypriot, out of copyright.