Collection: Athens, Acropolis Museum
Title: Part of a rider 113 from slab 37 of the Parthenon, North Frieze
Context: From Athens, Acropolis
Findspot: Found at Athens
Summary: Head and shoulder of a rider and adjacent horse head
Sculptor: Attributed to the workshop of Pheidias
Material: Marble
Sculpture Type: Architectural
Category: Separated fragments
Placement: Frieze
Style: High Classical
Technique: Medium relief
Original or Copy: Original
Date: exact 442 BC - exact 438 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.39 m
Scale: Slightly under life-size
Region: Attica
Period: High Classical
In Whole: Parthenon Frieze


Condition: Single piece

Condition Description: This roughly triangular fragment preserves the left edge of slab 37, but is otherwise broken all around; the surface is heavily eroded.

Material Description: Pentelic

Associated Building: Athens, Parthenon

Sources Used: Brouskari 1974, 144, fig. 288 (with previous bibliography)