Statue of Athena

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 2161

Category

Sculpture

Period

Roman Period

Date

End of 1st cent. BC-beginning of 1st cent. AD

Dimensions

Height: 1.1 m
Length: 0.34 m
Width: 0.23 m

Material

Marble from Penteli

Location

First Floor, North

Description
Bibliography

Fragmentarily preserved statue of Athena, pieced together from four fragments. The statue is a variation of a statuary type dating to the end of the 5th cent. BC.

The goddess is supporting her weight on her left foot and slightly bends her right. She is clad in a high belted peplos and, over it, a diagonally worn aegis with a central Gorgon head and drills around the edges for the insertion of bronze snakes. At the back of her head part of the attic-type helmet the goddess was wearing is preserved.

Smith, A.H., British Museum. The Sculptures of the Parthenon, London, 1910, σελ. 69, εικ. 14B
Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 62
Praschniker, C., «Aus dem Depot des Akropolismuseums I, Athene Gestalten», Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien 1948, σελ. 21, εικ. 12, αρ. κατ. 11
Δεσπίνης, Γ., Παρθενώνεια, Αθήνα, 1982, σελ. 93, αρ. κατ. 8.31, 8.32
Karanastassis, P., «Untersuchungen zur kaiserzeitlichen Plastik in Griechenland. II: Kopien, Varianten und Umbildungen nach Athena-Typen des 5. Jhs. v. Chr.», Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung 102, 1987, σελ. 424-425, εικ. 51, 1.2, αρ. κατ. ΒV, 1
Patay-Horváth, A., Metallanstückungen an griechischen Marmorskulpturen in archaischer und klassischer Zeit, Tübinger Archäologische Forschungen 4, 2008, σελ. 102, αρ. κατ. 123