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| Titles |
Townley Discobolus: |
| Name |
Trustees of the British Museum |
| Type of Resource |
three dimensional object |
| Genre |
Sculpture |
| Abstract |
Marble statue of a nude athlete preparing to throw a discus. |
| Extent |
H: 169 cm ; W: 105 cm ; D: 63 cm |
| Form |
tactile material |
| Note |
This statue is one of several Graeco-Roman copies of a lost fifth-century BCE bronze statue made by the sculptor Myron. Originally the head would have been turned towards the the discus but was restored looking away . |
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2nd c. CE |
| Subject Local Name |
--Athlete--Male--Nudity--Statue--Roman--Copy--Graeco-Roman--Marble----2nd c. CE--Discus--Diskos |
| Name |
Myron |
| Physical Location |
British Museum |
| URL |
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=8760&partId=1&searchText=sport& |
| Access Condition |
Attributed to the Trustees of the British Museum under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| Access Condition |
CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
| Note |
British Museum. “The Townley Discobolus.” The British Museum Collections Online. Accessed November 22, 2017.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=8760&partId=1&searchText=sport& |