Collection: Athens, National Archaeological Museum
Title: Frieze from the Shrine of Aphrodite and Eros
Context: Probably from Athens, Acropolis (N. Slope)
Findspot: Found at Athens (various locations)
Summary: A procession of Erotes
Object Function: Cult?
Material: Marble
Sculpture Type: Architectural
Category: Single monument
Placement: Frieze
Style: Late Hellenistic
Technique: Low relief
Original or Copy: Original
Date: ca. 100 BC
Scale: Miniature (pictorial field)
Region: Attica
Period: Late Hellenistic

Condition: Fragmentary

Condition Description: Three pieces of this frieze are known: two in the National Museum at Athens (Athens, NM 1451 and Athens, NM 1452), and one that was published by Stuart & Revett, 2.29.

Material Description: White

Associated Building: Athens, Temenos boundary of the Shrine of Aphrodite and Eros (?)

Sources Used: Karouzou 1968, 94-96; Svoronos 1903-12, 453-54