Inventory Number: | S 3465 | |
Section Number: | ΒΕ 1512 | |
Conservation Number: | 1840 | |
Title: | Head of Youth | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken at neck, nose and chips missing from face. Head of youth, hair tied in a narrow fillet. Hair parted in middle, descending from crown in a series of waves or long curls. Head tilted slightly to figure's left. Very clean break at neck, though no obvious signs of reworking. Style of late 5th century BC. Pentelic marble. | |
Context: | Against north face of classical crosswall. | |
Notebook Page: | 7329 | |
Negatives: | 96-64-10(9), 96-64-8(7) | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.097; W. 0.075 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | Late 5th century B.C. | |
Date: | 17 July 1996 | |
Section: | ΒΕ | |
Grid: | J/20-2/15,16 | |
Elevation: | 51.53m. | |
Masl: | 51.53m. | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 68 (1999), no. 50, p. 278, fig. 28. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 68 (1999) Report: 1996 Excavations Image: 2012.82.1617 (96-64-8) Image: 2012.82.1618 (96-64-9) Image: 2012.82.1381 (96-47-25) Card: S 3465 |