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The very short hair, well-defined jaw, and unsmiling mouth identify this as a work of the early fifth century B.C. The eye was originally inset.
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Title: Fragment of a marble grave stele with the head of a youth
Period: Archaic
Date: 1st quarter of the 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number: 12.59
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