Eyelid from a statue

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 7022

Category

Bronzes

Period

Archaic Period

Date

End of 6th-beginning of 5th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.2 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 19, Νο 10

Description
Bibliography

Intact upper eyelid found between the old Museum and the south walls of the Acropolis.

It is made of a thin sheet. The rectangular projections along its one long side facilitated its inlaying whereas along the opposite side jut long triangular lashes. It may have been used on one now lost bigger than life-size statue.

De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 223-224, εικ. 197, αρ.κατ. 633
Bol, P., Grossplastik aus Bronze in Olympia, Olympische Forschungen 9, Berlin, 1978, σελ. 96