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Collection Item: Figure of an Athlete

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Title
Figure of an Athlete
Object name
Figurine
Object category
Roman
Description
Described in Eboracum as "Statuette of a nude young man, of white marble, 10ins high, with the legs broken off at the knee and the right hand broken off at the elbow. He has curly hair wreathed in laurel and drapery around the left forearm."
Production date start
71
Production date end
410
Period
Roman

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : 1998.22
Number of objects
1
ID
1086

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Marble (game) (Whole)
Stone (Whole)

Find spot

Place
York

Production

Technique
Carved