Small marble gravestone. It depicts a standing warrior wearing short tunic and cloak with a sword strapped to his waist and holding a spear in his right hand. The posture recalls the so called Spear-Bearer, a a classical statue of the 5th cent. BC, attributed to the famous sculptor Polykleitos. Beside a small figure, apparently a servant, holds a warrior Galatian type shield. Gortyna, Hellenistic period, 3rd-2nd cent. BC Archaeological Museum of Heraklion - Crete, Greece

---

Small marble gravestone. It depicts a standing warrior wearing short tunic and cloak with a sword strapped to his waist and holding a spear in his right hand. The posture recalls the so called Spear-Bearer, a a classical statue of the 5th cent. BC, attributed to the famous sculptor Polykleitos. Beside a small figure, apparently a servant, holds a warrior Galatian type shield. Gortyna, Hellenistic period, 3rd-2nd cent. BC Archaeological Museum of Heraklion - Crete, Greece

---

Size: 3125px × 4718px
Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: archaeological, art, bas-, building, crete, europe, fine, graveyard, greece, heraklion, high, iraklion, marble, museum, ravera, relief, religious, sculpture, stefano, stone, tombstone