Lower part of a female statue found in the excavations conducted on the Acropolis. It is reassembled from six fragments and restored.
The figure, perhaps Nike or Athena, moves to the viewer’s right with legs bended at the knees. Her left foot steps on the plinth whereas the right one barely touches the plinth with the tips of its toes. She wears a chiton and over this a short himation. The chiton rises up exposing her calves and flows in rich folds between her legs. Traces of colour are preserved on the himation’s folds while its edges are decorated with a painted meander.
It has been suggested that to the same statue belongs a head of Athena (Ακρ. 661) and possibly a hand holding a shield (Ακρ. 338).
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