Funerary naiskos. 350-325 BCE.
Exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. Pentelic marble.
Found in the ancient cemetery of the Kerameikos, Athens.
A young Athenian warrior with full military equipment and wearing a chlamys is depicted on the field of battle, striding vigorously to the right.
He carries a shield on his left arm and will have held a sword in his right hand. The holes in the forehead were used to attach a bronze helmet or a wreath. The dramatic facial expression and sinewy body recall works by the Parian sculptor Skopas. The name of the dead warrior is inscribed on the epistyle of the naiskos: Aristonautes son of Archenautes, of the deme of Halai.
The base of the loutrophoros preserved on the central akroterion of the naiskos indicates that he died unmarried.
Art Athens Attica Funerary Helmet Marble Martial National Archaeological Museum Original Photo Relief Sculpture Shields Skopas Stele