Zeus of Mylasa

This head shows a great resemblance to a head on a coin found near Olympia. From the inscription on the coin we know that the head is of the cult statue of Zeus in his temple at Olympia by Pheidias, which was lost in antiquity. Combined with literary evidence, this head gives us a good idea of what the cult statue looked like

Number

198

Material

Marble

Location of Original

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 25

Size

0.49m

Accession

Purchased in 1929

References

Comstock & Vermeule: Sculpture in Stone, Catalogue of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 33, no.44
Caskey: Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 59, no.25

Date

c. 350-340 BCE

Provenance

Mylasa in Caria (south west Turkey). Later in the EP Warren collection

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