Part of a grave stele with low relief depiction of a youth practicing with a ball on his thigh. 400-375 BCE.

Pentelic marble.
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. Exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

Tags:
Art Athens Athletics Attica Classical Funerary Games Marble National Archaeological Museum Original Photo Piraeus Relief Sculpture Stele