Marble statuette of a male figure playing a harp

Classification

sculpture / statue ; statuette

Culture

Cycladic (culture)

Dimensions

height: 22.5 cm

Date

2700–2500 B.C.

Period

Early Cycladic Period (3200–2000)

Material

marble

Iconography

male figure ; musician, poet ; harp ; swan

Production place

Cyclades ; Keros

Findspot

Keros ; burial

Present location

Athens, National Archaeological Museum

Inventory

3908

ID

Per-1776

References

Ekschmitt 1986, Taf. 22.; Zervos 1957, 248. Pl. 333., 249. Pl. 334.; Getz-Preziosi 1987, Pl. VIIIB. (left), Pl. 10.2.; Getz-Gentle 2001, 34. Fig. 16.d.; Mikrakis 2011, 58.; Steinmann 2011, 180.

Year of discovery

1884

See the object at the website of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens (fig. 1).

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.