Small head of a bearded man
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
6th-5th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Terracotta
Origin:
From Taranto
Inventory:
Inv. MB 273
Belongs to an interesting set of small terracotta votive heads, fragments of statuettes of banqueters reclining on klinai. They were made in Taranto between the 6th and the 4th centuries B.C., in relation to funerary cults whose rites were held at a large necropolis and an important sanctuary.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
Room 6 displays numerous original Greek reliefs and sculptures, some votive works and others funerary.
