Cast Gallery catalogue number: D002

Head of an athlete with diskos.

• Plaster cast: Height: 36 cm, Width: 44 cm.
• Copy of a fragment of a marble stele.
• The stele:
  • was made about 550-525 BC.
• The fragment:
  • was found in Athens (Dipylon) in 1873.
  • is now in Athens, National Museum, 38.

Detailed Record

Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum

D 002
Athlete and Discus; Athens 38

Marble
Grave Stele
Greece, Athens, National Museum, 38