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5753. Statue of a sleeping Eros.
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Probably pentelic marble. Unknown provenance.
The young, winged Eros is depicted asleep, his left arm resting
on a rock covered with a piece of cloth. A small lion reclines lower
down, in front of him.
2nd c. A.D.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
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