Statuette of Nike (NAMA 161)
The statuette of Nike in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAMA) with the inventory number 161 is dated to the late 4th century BC. Dated.
The statuette found by Epidaurus was made of Parian marble and is less than life-size with a height of 0.86 m. It has been preserved in large fragments. The right arm, parts of the right upper body in the chest area, the left forearm, the lower part of the right lower leg including the foot and the left foot are missing. The right arm and head are adjusted again, but the head without attaching directly to the torso. Nike wears a laconic peplos that is belted under the chest. The left leg, like the left breast, which is no longer present, is free and thus symbolizes a flying movement. The separately manufactured marble wings that were attached to the back are no longer preserved. The statuette was an acroter figure of the left eastern pediment of the Temple of Artemis of Epidaurus and thus belonged to a group of such figures ( NAMA 160 , NAMA 159 ).
literature
- Nikolaos Kaltsas : Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2002 ISBN 0-89236-686-9 , p. 179.
