Cast Gallery catalogue number: B021

Warrior wearing a helmet with crest.

• Plaster cast: Height: 94cm.
• Copy of a fragment of a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is known as Leonidas
  • is a Greek original of about 475 BC.
  • was found on the Sparta Acropolis.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 3613.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

B 021
Upper Body of Warrior; Sparta

Marble
Statue