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Relief showing a bearded man with a youthful goddess
| Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
| Title: | Relief showing a bearded man with a youthful goddess |
| Context: | From Acharnai |
| Findspot: | Found at Acharnai |
| Summary: | A bearded man with a youthful goddess |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 400 BC - ca. 350 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.36 m; W. 0.18 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: A bearded man moves 3/4-view to the left, with his right foot advanced. He wears a taenia around his hair, a chitoniskos and a chlamys. He seems to hold the reins to horses in his outstretched right hand. In the background, on a rocky surface, stands a youthful goddess (?) to the right. The scene has not been convincingly explained.
Form & Style: A portion of the plinth is preserved.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: Single fragment preserving part of the right side of a relief; missing also the lower right corner.
Material Description: "Pentelic" according to Svoronos
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