statue

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Object Type
Museum number: 1861,0725.1
Description: Marble statue of Apollo with a kithara and quiver. He is naked apart from the himation or cloak around his hips. The right arm, which was originally raised, and the left wrist and hand are missing.
Cultures/periods: Roman; Hellenistic (original)
Production date: 2ndC
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Sir Robert Murdoch Smith; Excavated by: Cdr Edwin A Porcher
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Temple of Apollo (Cyrene), The statue of Apollo was found broken into 121 pieces, laying near the large pedestal on which it had originally stood.
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 2.28 metres
Curator's comments: Roman copy of a Hellenistic original of about 200-150BC.
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G22)
Subjects: classical deity; musical instrument
Associated names
Acquisition name: From: Sir Robert Murdoch Smith; From: Cdr Edwin A Porcher
Acquisition date: 1861
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1861,0725.1
Conservation: Treatment: 01 Jul 1995; Treatment: 22 May 2014

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