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Boxer

100–30 BCE

Greece, Greco-Roman Period, late Ptolemaic Dynasty

Medium
bronze. solid cast, with copper inlays
Measurements
Overall: 21 x 11 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.137
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Location
102C Greek
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Did You Know?

The long topknot (cirrus) identifies this athlete as a hand-to-hand fighter, most likely a boxer.

Description

This boxer raises his arms to pull tight the thongs (now lost) that Greek and Roman boxers wound around their hands for protection. The sinuous body curve and long proportions are characteristic of the late Hellenistic period, when artists created more elongated versions of athletes and other classical figures.

Boxer

100–30 BCE

Greece, Greco-Roman Period, late Ptolemaic Dynasty

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