Part of a Kore’s foot

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 421 β

Category

Sculpture

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 550 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.057 m
Length: 0.085 m

Material

Marble from Penteli

Location

First Floor Case 12, Νο 2

Description
Bibliography

Part of a Kore's foot found in 1933 on the north slope of the Acropolis. It has been mended of two fragments.

Preserved are the fore part of the left statue foot. The heel and the fourth and fifth toes are missing. The Kore worn sandal with high sole that was fastened around the foot with straps worked in relief. On the upper part of the sole traces of black and red colour are preserved.

Broneer, O., «Excavations on the North Slope of the Acropolis in Athens, 1933-1934», Hesperia 4, 1935, σελ. 136, εικ. 23
Langlotz, E., Schuchhardt, W., Schrader, H., Die archaischen Marmorbildwerke der Akropolis, Frankfurt am Main, 1939, σελ. 170, εικ. 154, αρ. κατ. 249
Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 107, εικ. 205