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Image from Svoronos

Collection: Athens, National Archaeological Museum
Title: Votive relief of Herakleides
Context: Probably from Piraeus
Findspot: Said to be found at Piraeus, near the Tsocha Theater
Summary: A rising snake faces to the left.
Object Function: Votive
Sculpture Type: Stele, relief-decorated
Category: Single monument
Style: Late Classical
Technique: Low relief
Original or Copy: Original
Date: ca. 375 BC - ca. 350 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.33 m; W. 0.19 m
Scale: Miniature (pictorial field)
Region: Attica
Period: Late Classical

Condition: Intact

Condition Description: The piece is intact, although the bottom edge has been restored.

Inscription: A dedication is inscribed above the snake: *H*R*A*K*L*E*I*D*H*S*T*W*I*Q*E*W*I, "Herakleides (dedicated it) to the gods.

Collection History: According to Svoronos this relief was formerly in the Collection of A. Meletopoulos.

Sources Used: Karouzou 1968, 147; Svoronos 1903-12, pl. 70