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TitleKouros

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureBoeotian (possibly)

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 570–560 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1878-0120-1

Accession number1878,0120.1

SubjectsSculpture, GreekKoraiMale nude in artMarble sculpture, Classical

Statusperhaps from Boiotia, but links with north Ionia have also been suspected

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