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This capital was part of a funerary or votive stele; it surmounted a tall shaft and supported a separately carved finial—presumably a sphinx. The cavetto capital has a more elongated shape than the earlier example exhibited nearby.
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Title: Marble cavetto capital
Period: Archaic
Date: mid-6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Marble, Hymettian
Dimensions: H. 24 15/16 in. (63.3 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.230.6
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