Inscribed on the base: to dear Me[gakles], on his death, his father with his dear mother set [me] up as a monument

Inscription: Inscribed on the base: "to dear Me[gakles], on his death, his father with his dear mother set [me] up as a monument."

Said to be from Attica

11.185a (shaft): Acquired 1911, purchased from M.L. Kambanis, Greece. 11.185b (base): Acquired 1911, purchased from M.L. Kambanis, Greece. 11.185c (akroterion): Acquired 1911, purchased from M.L. Kambanis, Greece. 11.185- (part of youth's shoulder and arm): Acquired 1921, purchased from M.L. Kambanis, Greece. 11.185d,x (capital and crowning sphinx): Acquired 1936 and 1938. 11.185f,g (fragments of inscription): 1951, purchased by an anonymous donor from T. Zoumboulakis, Greece; acquired October 1951, gift of the anonymous donor.

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