Hydrophoroi

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Authors:	Neapolitan workshop
Title:	Hydrophoroi
Start date:	-100
End date:	99
Historical Period:	1st millennium B.C.
Description:	Bronze copy of a statue by Calamis representing a female figure holding a drape. The statue was discovered with four similar others in the southwest colonnade of the Villa dei Papiri’s rectangular peristyle between April 1754 and October 1756. They are probably copies after Greek originals by the sculptor Stephanos.
Place:	Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli, Italy
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	bronze (metal)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	UNIBO Europeana Archaeology
Physical type:	statues
Material and technique:	forging (metal forming)
Data provider:	University of Bologna
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Appears in Collections:	BYZART