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The British Museum, London, United Kingdom Artist/Maker Unknown Artemis Bendis (on the right, wearing a Phrygian cap, a short tunic, high boots and an animal skin) and her followers, maybe athletes taking part in the torch relay race in honour of the goddess. Marble votive relief, made in Athens, ca. 400-375 BC. Said to be from Piraeus, more probably from the area of a sanctuary of Bendis on the Mounichia Hill. Dimensions H. 52 cm (20 ¼ in.), W. 84 cm (33 in.) Credit line Unspecified Accession number GR 1895.10-28.1 (Cat. Sculpture 2155) Location Main floor, room 19, Athens & the Acropolis, 430-400 BC Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006) All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
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