Category:Ball-player loutrophoros stele, NAMA 873

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  • English: Part of a marble grave stele, found in Piraeus.

400-375 BC. Part of a grave stele, made of pentelic marble. It was found in Piraeus. Only part of the shaft of the stele survives, adorned by a relief loutrophoros. The figure of a nude youth practicing with a ball in the palaestra is depicted in low relief on the belly of the vase. His folded himation can be seen on a pillar behind him. The youth is watched by his young servant holding an aryballos and a strigil.

Height 0,44 m., width 0,33).