Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
Title: | Head of a Warrior from Aegina |
Context: | From Aegina, Harbor |
Findspot: | Found at Aegina, near the Temple of Aphrodite (in 1920) |
Summary: | Head of a defeated warrior, with his tongue protruding from between his pursed lips. |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Architectural |
Category: | Separated fragments |
Placement: | Pediment |
Style: | Early Classical |
Technique: | Very high relief |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 480 BC - ca. 470 BC |
Dimensions: | H. 0.17 m; L. 0.17 m |
Scale: | Under life-size |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | Early Classical |
Form & Style: Karouzou suggets that this was the work of an Argive artist.
Condition: Head only (nearly complete)
Associated Building: Aegina, Temple of Aphrodite?
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