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Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
This fragmentary metope, noteworthy for the crisp detail and sensitive modeling, once decorated anelaborate grave naiskos from Taranto.
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Title: Limestone relief of a youth, from a funerary building
Period: Late Classical
Date: ca. 300 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (14 × 19.7 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Funds from various donors and Vaughn Foundation Fund Gift, 2013
Object Number: 2013.567
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