Grave stele (NAMA 7901)
The Attic grave stele in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens ( NAMA ) with the inventory number 7901 is an archaic tomb of a young Greek that was built around the middle of the 6th century BC. Was created.
The stele is only partially preserved. The lower part from the hip is missing, as is the crown. In addition, there are nicks on the skin, hair and other details, without this clearly tarnishing the impression of relatively good preservation. A small broken piece of the hip and right arm were reattached. The stele is bordered on the right and left by two thin ribbons in relief. The young man depicted sideways and to the right is shown in a calm, immobile pose typical of the archaic. He is naked and muscular , which gives a powerful impression; the spear in the raised left hand identifies him as an athlete. The right arm hangs down at the side. His shoulder-length hair is braided into curls, and he has a chin-length braid between his eyes and ears. The hair is held together by a thin band over which the hair falls at the front.
The original total height of the grave monument is assumed to be 4.5 meters. Seated sphinxes are assumed to top it off. The remaining part of the stele is 1.16 meters high and up to 52 centimeters wide. The stele made of Parian marble tapers towards the top . Large areas of red-brown color are still preserved on the background and the hair . The stele found in 1973 during investigations on the Themistocleic Wall in Athens is dated to around 550/540 BC. Dated.
literature
- Nikolaos Kaltsas : Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens . The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2002, ISBN 0-89236-686-9 , pp. 52-53.
