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| Titles |
Athlete Holding Discus: |
| Name |
Trustees of the British Museum |
| Name |
Naukydes |
| Type of Resource |
three dimensional object |
| Genre |
Sculpture |
| Abstract |
Athlete standing upright holding a discus in left hand with the right hand extended. |
| Extent |
H: 167.5 cm |
| Form |
tactile material |
| Note |
The head is restored after a version of this statue in the Vatican Museums. The original is sometimes assigned to the sculptor Naukydes in 430-400 BCE, the copy dates to c. 160 CE. |
| Subject Local Name |
--Athlete--Discus--Male--Nudity--Marble--Copy--Statue--Graeco-Roman--Roman------Diskos--1st c. CE |
| Physical Location |
British Museum |
| URL |
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=396507&partId=1&searchText=greek |
| 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. “statue.” The British Museum Collections Online. Accessed May 24, 2017. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=396507&partId=1&searchText=greek |