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Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
The relief comes from the pediment of a small funerary monument (naiskos), showing a hippocamp (male sea monster) holding a rudder and shield. Similar limestone sculpture is attested at Tarentum, and this piece matches the style and workmanship of the other examples displayed here.
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Title: Limestone pediment fragment
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 300 BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); length 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Moses Fried Foundation and Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg Gift,1992
Object Number: 1992.11.1
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