Statuette of a boy (NAMA 2211)

The statuette of a boy in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAMA) with the inventory number 2211 is dated to the 4th century BC. Dated.

The child's statuette was found in the Asklepieion in Athens in 1878 . It was made of marble and is 0.45 m high. A naked male child is shown lying with his lower body on the floor. The half-seated, half-recumbent statue, including the rough plinth, consists of one piece. It is very fragmented. The right edge of the plinth has been supplemented, the feet and arms - apart from the rudiments - are missing, as is half the head including the nose and parts of the knees. Other parts of the face also have defects or are bumped. The boy was probably leaning on his left arm. The head is directed to the top left. It is not clear who the statue represents. In view of the location, the statuette from the 4th century BC could be. About the representation of the young god of healing Asclepius .

literature

• Nikolaos Kaltsas : Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2002 ISBN 0-89236-686-9 , p. 270