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Mourning Athena
Mourning Athena
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Mourning Athena, overview
Mourning Athena, overview
| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Mourning Athena |
| Context: | From Athens, Acropolis |
| Findspot: | Found at Athens, Acropolis |
| Summary: | Athena leaning on her spear |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Single sculpture |
| Style: | Late Archaic |
| Date: | ca. 460 BC |
| Dimensions: | H 0.54m, W 0.31m, Th 0.05m |
| Scale: | Under life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Early Classical |
Subject Description:
Athena, wearing a peplos and Corinthian helmet, leans on her spear and looks down at a stele.
Material Description: Parian Marble
Collection History:
Found in 1888 in a wall on the Acropolis.
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