Funerary Stele of a Youth & Girl with a Sphinx. Detail: Youth with oil flask & p (Updated over a year ago)

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GREEK ARCHAIC Anonymous (700 BCE - 480 BCE ): The youth shown is an athlete. Suspended from his wrist is an aryballos (oil flask) which would have contained oil used in the bath after exercise. He holds a pomegranate; a fruit associated with both fertility and death; possibly meaning he had reached puberty before his death.

Tags: ancient , greek , greek archaic , sculpture , stele , young man

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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