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Accession_Number 67.6.1
Shape Statue
Shape_description A plaster cast head of a Lapith from a metope (South 6) of the Parthenon.Broken off at the middle of the neck; the face bears a gouge on the left cheek and most of the nose is broken off.
Material plaster cast
Fabric
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Munsell_color
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Condition Fine.It's artist has copied the broken original head.
Technique/Style
Provenance Greece
Period modern
Date
Dating_details
Artist Unknown (The original artefact was made by Pheidias)
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a plaster cast of a head of a Lapith from a metope of the Parthenon.

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Left side view of a plaster cast of a head of a Lapith from a metope of the Parthenon.

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Back view of a plaster cast of a head of a Lapith from a metope of the Parthenon.

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Right side view of a plaster cast of a head of a Lapith from a metope of the Parthenon.
Comparanda
Bibliography Choremi-Spetsieri, Alkistis, The Sculptures of the Parthenon: Acropolis, British Museum, Louvre, Athens, Ephesus Publishing, 2004 p.58, fig.30-31 Berger, Ernst, Der Parthenon in Basel; Dokumentation zu den Metopen, Mainz, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1986 pp.85-86, pl.73, 86-87
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Beazley_DB
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Location Curators office
Edited_by Adel; Jayne
Date_edited 11/09/2019; 23.11.2022
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