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Collection: Athens, National Archaeological Museum
Title: Architectural relief with Erotes
Context: Probably from Athens, Acropolis (N. Slope)
Findspot: Said to be found at Athens, near the Dipylon Gate (c. 1860)
Summary: A procession of winged boys, probably Erotes, shown in profile to the left, carrying thymiateria and oinochoes
Object Function: Cult?
Material: Marble
Sculpture Type: Architectural
Category: Separated fragments
Placement: Frieze
Style: Late Hellenistic
Technique: Low relief
Original or Copy: Original
Date: ca. 100 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.46 m; L. 1.21 m; D. 0.24 m
Scale: Miniature (pictorial field)
Region: Attica
Period: Late Hellenistic
In Whole: Frieze from the Shrine of Aphrodite and Eros

Condition: Single piece

Material Description: WhiteWhite

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

Sources Used: Karouzou 1968, 95-96; Svoronos 1903-12, pl. 102