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| Titles |
Wrestler's Weight: |
| Name |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Name |
Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1994 |
| Type of Resource |
three dimensional object |
| Genre |
Equipment |
| Abstract |
Schist weight depicting a nude male holding a lion skin standing next to another lion on one side. The other side depicts five figures, one judge, two athletes wrestling, and two spectators. |
| Physical Location |
The Met Fifth Avenue |
| URL |
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38635 |
| Extent |
H: 26 cm ; W: 34.9 cm |
| Form |
tactile material |
| Note |
Dates to c. 1st century CE. The nude male standing next to the lion is Herakles, as identified by the skin of the Nemean lion he holds. Found in Pakistan in the ancient region of Gandhara. |
| Access Condition |
Open Access for Scholarly Content |
| Access Condition |
CC0 1.0 |
| Subject Local Name |
--Schist--Weight--Equipment--Relief--Herakles--Lion--Wrestler--Judge--Spectator--Sport--Athlete--Male------1st c. CE--Pale |
| Note |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed May 5, 2017. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38635 |