742. Grave Stele. Beotian marble. Found in Thespiai, Boeotia
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It represents a naked youth with a mantle thrown over his shoulder
In his left hand he holds a strigil and a purse.
A dog is represented at the bottom. The figure is probably an athlete
The inscription "greetings Agathokles", preserved at the top of the stele
was probably inscribed at a later time. Boeotian workshop.
ca. 440 B.C.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
Ancient Greece
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