File:Kybernis north BM B287 n2.jpg
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English: A siren carries a small female figure who reaches up with one hand to touch the chin of the creature (a traditional gesture of supplication) and may represent the soul of the dead. Beneath the siren is the figure of a mourning woman. Right panel from the north side of Kybernis' tomb, acropolis of Xanthos in Lycia, ca. 480 BC. |
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| Dimensions | H. 1.02 m (40 in.), W. 2.3 m (90 ½ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main floor, room 15, Greek & Rome |
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GR 1848.10-20.1 (Cat. Sculpture B 287) |
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| Credit line | From the French excavations on the Acropolis of Xanthos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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