statue; pediment

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Object Type: statue; pediment
Museum number: 1816,0610.95
Title: Series: The Parthenon Sculptures
Description: Marble statue from the East pediment of the Parthenon (East pediment G). The East pediment showed the miraculous birth of the goddess Athena from the head of her father Zeus. Many of the figures from the central scene are now fragmentary or entirely lost. The figure of a young girl moves rapidly from the centre to the south corner of the pediment. Her right knee is bent. The figure wears a girdled peplos with an over fold. Drapery flies out behind her. The head, right forearm and hand, entire left arm and both feet are missing. Figure G is exceptional in that her plinth was sunk into the pediment floor. The identifications for this statue are varied. Perhaps it represents Hebe, but Hekate, Artemis and Iris have also been suggested.
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Production date: 438BC-432BC
Production place: Made in: Athens
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Parthenon
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Bibliographic references: Sculpture / Catalogue of Greek Sculpture in the British Museum (303.G); Smith 1892 / A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (pp.110-111); Smith 1910 / The sculptures of the Parthenon (pp.11-12, pl.4); Brommer 1963 / Die Skulpturen der Parthenon-Giebel (pp.11-14, pl.33, 38-42); Palagia 1993 / The pediments of the Parthenon (pp.20-21, 61, fig.39-41); Choremi-Spetsieri 2004 / The Sculptures of the Parthenon: Acropolis, British Museum, Louvre (pp.123, 125, 127, fig.90)
Location: On display (G18)
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Acquisition date: 1816
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1816,0610.95

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