Bronze statuette of Poseidon

Bronze statuette of Poseidon

Bronze statuette of Poseidon. Found in the sea, in the Gulf of Livadostra in Boeotia, at the site of ancient Kreusis, the port of Plataiai. The god held with his right hand the trident, with his left probably a dolphin. His eyes were inlaid, made in a different material. A dedicatory inscription is carved on the low rectangular plinth.
Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.