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Accession_Number 67.7.1
Shape Figurine
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 6/6 (?)
Decoration Standing male youth, nude. Grey, apparently from burnt grave; small depression in base. Traces of white slip, colour lost, but probably once red. Standing with arms by sides, elbows pressed back, legs apart, right knee slightly bent. Rectangular base. Paper slip marked 'Thebes' on back.
Inscriptions
Condition Incomplete. The figure has broken in half and been glued back together, however, at the back, there is a chip missing still. The grey colour is interspersed with deposit of a dark brown colour, which is even more prominant on the back. The features of the face have almost all worn away, except for the nose. Around the front and sides of the base are white and dark grey deposits.
Technique/Style
Provenance Thebes
Period
Date 450
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a Boeotian figurine, showing a standing nude youth.

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Reverse view of a Boeotian figurine, showing the back of a standing nude youth.

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Side view of a Boeotian figurine, showing the side of a standing nude youth.

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Side view of a Boeotian figurine, showing the underside of a standing nude youth.

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Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height 11.0
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. 3.0
Location Education
Edited_by Georgina; Lucia; Kinsey
Date_edited 02.09.2002; 24.08.2004; 06.01.2006
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