Collection: | Athens, National Archaeological Museum |
Title: | Head of Kouros from Ptoon Sanctuary |
Context: | From Ptoon, near Thebes |
Findspot: | Found at Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo, at Perdikovrysi, near Thebes (in 1885) |
Summary: | Head and part of the neck of a youthful male figure |
Object Function: | Votive? |
Material: | Limestone |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kouros |
Category: | Separated fragments |
Style: | High Archaic |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 580 BC |
Dimensions: | H. 0.33 m |
Scale: | Life-size |
Region: | Boeotia |
Period: | High Archaic |
Subject Description: The wavy locks of hair fall directly back from the forehead, down the back. They are fastened with a thick, flat, taenia, or hairback, in front of which short, straight locks of hair, parted slightly in the middle, cover the brow. The face is roughly triangular, with high arched eyebrows, large, almond-shaped eyes that point down towards the nose, a small triangular nose, and thin broad lips.
Condition: Head only (complete)
Condition Description: The head is broken off at the top of the neck, and has been restored on the left side. The face has some dark adhesions, especially on the left side, and much of the chin has been chipped off.
Material Description: Whitish, probably Boeotian limestone
Sources Used:
Other Bibliography: BCH 10 (1886) 98 ff., pl. 5