Small male head
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Late 5th - early 4th century B.C.
Material and technique:
Terracotta
Origin:
From Taranto
Inventory:
Inv. MB 278
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.
Opere del percorso
The hall
Room 6 displays numerous original Greek reliefs and sculptures, some votive works and others funerary.
