Hand of a female statue

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 396 γ

Category

Sculpture

Period

Archaic Period

Date

End of 6th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.057 m
Length: 0.081 m

Material

Marble

Location

First Floor Case 38, Νο 5

Description
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Fragment from the left forearm of a female statue that also preserves the figure’s bracelet rendered in relief. The forearm was made separately and then adjusted into the rest of the statue’s arm.

The apparent fire traces are most possibly the result of the Acropolis destruction by the Persians in 480 BC. Another fragment from a right arm (Ακρ. 3570) kept in the Museum storerooms has been considered to belong to the same statue.

Langlotz, E., Schuchhardt, W., Schrader, H., Die archaischen Marmorbildwerke der Akropolis, Frankfurt am Main, 1939, σελ. 165, αρ.κατ. 220