Collection: | Samos, Archaeological Museum of Samos |
Title: | Fragment of a left foot |
Context: | From Samos, Sanctuary of Hera |
Findspot: | Excavated at Samos, Heraion |
Summary: | Toes of a left foot (of a kouros?), and the front of a rounded plinth to which they were attached |
Object Function: | Votive |
Sculptor: | Suggested attribution to Geneleos |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kouros |
Category: | Statuary group |
Style: | High Archaic |
Technique: | In-the-round |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 560 BC - ca. 550 BC |
Dimensions: | W. 0.20 m. Foot: L. 0.074 m; W. 0.084 m |
Scale: | Life-size |
Region: | Sporades |
Period: | High Archaic |
In Group: | Geneleos Group |
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: The front of th eplinth has been broken off in a rough line just behind the toes of the left foot. The surface is slightly chipped and scratched, with some adhesions.
Material Description: Whitish-gray, coarse-grained marble
Sources Used:
Other Bibliography: G. Schmidt in ArchAnz 1969, 507;