Floor mosaic from Zeugma: Achilles on Skyros
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Fragment of a sandalled right foot

Fragment of a sandalled left foot

Classification
sculpture / statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
10.5 × 22.7 cm
Date
Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial Period (?)
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31); Early Imperial Period (1st century)
Material
marble analysis; marble
Iconography
sandals; foot
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4816
ID
Hyp-3896
References
Hekler 1929, 149, no. 149

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Parian (Paros-Marathi) or Ephesian marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.