| Collection: | Athens, Acropolis Museum |
| Title: | Relief from a document (?) |
| Context: | From Athens |
| Findspot: | Said to be found at Athens, probably Acropolis |
| Object Function: | Honorary? |
| Material: | Marble |
| Sculpture Type: | Stele, relief-decorated |
| Category: | Separated fragments |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Low relief |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 380 BC - ca. 370 BC |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.18 m; P.W. 0.23 m; Th. 0.08 m; P.H. (stele) 0.18 m; D. (relief) 0.005 m |
| Scale: | Miniature (pictorial field) |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical |
Subject Description: Athena (upper half preserved, but heavily eroded) standing 3/4-view to the left, wearing a helmet that overlaps the border, raises her right hand, probably holding a painted spear, and rests her left elbow or hand on the shield leaning on her left side; a female figure at nearly the same scale, perhaps Boule (again, only the upper part is preserved), standing 3/4-view to the left, wearing a peplos or a chiton and a himation draped over her bent left arm, and a sakkos, holds her right hand at her side.
Form & Style: The relief is framed above by a moulding (H. 0.07 m) comprised of a worn upper course, an ovolo, and a plain fillet.
Condition: Single piece
Condition Description: A single fragment preserves part of the top and right edges, otherwise the piece is broken all around; back rough-picked; surface very worn and corroded.
Material Description: White, medium-grained marble
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