Hyperbolos signature Louvre Myr428

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Hyperbolos

Fragment from the back of a Nike figurine bearing the signature of its maker, Hyperbolos, here in the genitive case (ΥΠΕΡΒΟΛΟΥ) as is the rule. Terracotta, 2nd century BC, made in Myrina.

Dimensions H. 10.8 cm (4 ¼ in.), W. 14.1 cm (5 ½ in.)

Credit line Excavated by the French School at Athens, 1883

Accession number Myr 428

Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, 1st floor, room 38, case 8

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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