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-575/-575

British Museum

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Seated, over life-sized marble statue of a man.
The hair fell on the neck in broad knobbed tresses, spreading widely on the back. The right hand rests on the knee, the left hand beside the left thigh. The feet are apart. The lap is slightly hollowed.
The drapery consists of a long Ionic chiton with a plain edge along the bottom border; six low rounded folds fall between the legs, splaying at the bottom. On each side of the central folds are vertical ribbings. On the sleeves is a double band of maeander; the breast is weathered, but no trace of crinkling can be observed. Over this is a mantle which reaches to the ankles and envelops the body passing under the right and over the left shoulder, both ends falling on the left side. Across the breast a turned-over edge is shown. One end, kept in place by a weight, hangs in zigzag folds halfway down the calf, the other is indistinct through weathering. The folds are very flat, but the angles of the zigzags are slightly rounded. Over the legs the mantle is ribbed transversely. The left edge of the cloak in front of the left arm is emphasised.
The chair shows a cushion and on the left arm-rest is inscribed Ε[υ]δημος
μ' έποιε(ι)ν, ‘Eudemos made me’. The back rail reaches to the shoulders. On the cushion are traces of incised maeander pattern.

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  • Title: statue
  • Date Created: -575/-575
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 1.58m
  • External Link: British Museum collection online
  • Registration number: 1859,1226.6
  • Producer: Made by Eudemos
  • Place: Excavated/Findspot Sacred Way
  • Period/culture: East Greek
  • Material: marble
  • Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
  • Acquisition: Excavated by Newton, Charles Thomas
British Museum

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