Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
Title: | Kouros from Megara |
Context: | From Megara |
Findspot: | Found at Megara (in 1860) |
Summary: | Torso and thighs of a youthful nude male figure, with his arms at his sides |
Object Function: | Votive? |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kouros |
Category: | Separated fragments |
Style: | High Archaic |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 540 BC |
Dimensions: | H. 2.00 m |
Scale: | Colossal |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | High Archaic |
Subject Description: The hair, evidenced at the top of the back, was divided horizontally and vertically into beaded locks. The hair terminated just below the shoulders in an arc.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: The figure is broken off at the middle of the neck, just above the shoulders, and above the knees. The surface is severely chipped on the thighs (where hands would have been joined, and seem to have been chipped off), and stained on the buttocks. The left side of the chest is pitted.
Material Description: Coarse-grained "Island" marble
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