Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”)
Cycladic marble.Ca 550 BCE. Inv. No. 49401.Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”Photo by Ilya Shurygin
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”
(Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”).
Origin:
Sicily, Megara Hyblaea, South necropolis.
Description:
Inscription in the Megarian alphabet identifies the statue as the doctor Sombrotida, son of Mandrokle.
Credits:
© 2018. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Data: museum annotation.
Data: museum annotation.
Keywords: γλυπτική sculptura sculpture sculptural scultura skulptur μεγάλη ελλάδα magna graecia grecia grande-grèce κηδεία funeral funerary funeraria funerario begräbnisskulptur beerdigung funéraire ἄγαλμα άγαλμα statua statuae statue statues statui statuen statuons kouros κοῦρος κούρος cycladic marble
funerary statue
youth
megarian alphabet
sombrotida
mandrokle
sicily
from megara hyblaea inv no 49401
