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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΓ 1

Category

Sculpture

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

150-86 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.265 m

Material

Marble

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 3, No 157

Description
Bibliography

Almost intact Herm found in 1956 in cistern 14 on the Acropolis south slope. Its torso is in the form of a rectangular stele topped with the bust of a young man with short locks of hair and a thin band around his head.

Vogeikoff, N., Hellenistic Pottery from the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis (διδακτορική διατριβή), Bryan Mawr College, 1993, σελ. 139-140 υποσημ. 11
Vogeikoff-Brogan, N., «Late Hellenistic Pottery in Athens: A New Deposit and Further Thoughts on the Association of Pottery and Societal Change», Hesperia Supplement 69, 2000, σελ. 295 υποσημ. 9