Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
Title: | Dioskouroi relief |
Context: | From Achaia |
Findspot: | Found at Aigeira |
Summary: | Dioskouroi leaning on spears, facing each other, with a cock fight between them |
Object Function: | Votive? |
Material: | Limestone |
Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
Category: | Single monument |
Style: | Late Classical |
Technique: | Low relief |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 400 BC - ca. 350 BC |
Dimensions: | H. 0.40 m; W. 0.30 m |
Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
Region: | Achaia |
Period: | Late Classical |
Form & Style: The relief is crowned with a pediment adorned with three palmette akroteria.
Condition: Intact
Condition Description: Broken off at the bottom and somewhat restored. The surface is worn.
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