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Bas-Relief; Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund; ca. 1988-1989 AD; CC9

From:UC Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities

Name/TitleBas-Relief

About this objectThis bas-relief, decorated with reliefs showing images of male athletic pastimes, was found durning excavations of the Wall of Themistocles in Athens. The wall thrown up as part of the city’s fortifications against invading armies, and was constructed with sculpture from the near by Kerameikos cemetery. Bas-reliefs such as this one would have belonged to dedicatory statues, some of which would have been commissioned as funerary sculpture. This particular scene is of youths playing with a ball. It is likely to have belonged to a statue commemorating a young aristocratic athlete.

MakerMinistry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund

Maker RoleCasting and Copying Workshop

Date Madeca. 1988-1989 AD

PeriodArchaic

Place MadeGreece; Athens

Place NotesOriginal manufactured in Attica

Medium and MaterialsPlaster

Style and IconographyArchaic

TechniqueCasting (process)

MeasurementsHeight 310 mm
Width 820 mm
Weight 5470 gm

Named CollectionThe James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Credit LinePurchased, 1979.

Object TypeSculpture

Object numberCC9