Collection: | Samos, Archaeological Museum of Samos |
Title: | Face of Samian Colossal Kouros |
Context: | From Samos, Sanctuary of Hera |
Findspot: | Excavated at Samos, Sanctuary of Hera, near the Sacred Way (8 June 1984) |
Summary: | Oval face of a youthful male figure with an Archaic smile and slanted eyes |
Object Function: | Votive |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kouros |
Category: | Separated fragments |
Style: | High Archaic |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 590 BC - ca. 580 BC |
Scale: | Colossal |
Region: | Sporades |
Period: | High Archaic |
In Whole: | Samian Colossal Kouros |
Condition: Single piece
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