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Top and shaft of a grave stele

550–520 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the Greek Island of Naxos
DimensionsHeight: 131 cm (51 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession number03.753
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1892: Frank Calvert Collection at Thymbra Farm in the Troad [see note]; by 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (a note in his records, signed J.M. [John Marshall] says: "I was told it was found near the tomb of Aias."; a further note in Warren's records cites Körte, Athenische Mitteilungen, 1895, p. 93, who said the piece was found in the Troad 3 kms. east from 'tomb of Aias.'); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24,1903

Note: S. H. Allen, AJA 99 (1995), p. 388, fig. 7 [photo dated 1892]
Portrait head of Britannicus
about A.D. 48 or 49
Head of Aphrodite of the Capitoline type
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
Bust of a boy with a braided sidelock
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
about 480 B.C.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
late 5th century B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
4th century B.C.