Statue of a Young Boy
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Statue of a Young Boy
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Published 2017-05-23T17:39:32+00:00
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The myrtle crown and torch indicate that the boy was assigned to the Eleusinian cult; his functionn was to carry the offerings to the sunctuary. The statue is a copy after a Peloponnesian original of the fifth century BC. It was made in the second century AD. Uncovered during the excavation for the Quirinal tunnel, Domus of Fulvius Plautianus.
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Date published | 23/05/2017 |
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Title | Statue of a Young Boy |
Date | Second century AD |
Dimension | Life-size |
Accession | MC inv. 1871 |
Period | Republican Age |
Medium | Greek insular marble |
Place | Centrale Montemartini |
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