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Fragment of a marble stele of a youth
Fragment of a marble stele of a youth
Artist :
Anonymous
Date : near 530 B.C.
Material : Marble
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1912)
Fin de la période archaïque
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archaic Greek Sculpture
Left - Ground Floor - Section 3
Item
10
on 25
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture (Stèle funéraire)
Area related
Athènes
(
Greece
)
Description
The stele is carved in a marble quarried at Mount Hymettos just outside Athens. Two more fragments of this stele have recently been identified in Athens - one with left hand, the other with chest and upper arm.
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