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Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Artist/Maker Unknown From left to right, Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeus, identified by inscriptions in Ionian script ("Agamemnon" is written in retrograde script). Fragment of a relief, maybe the armrest from the throne of a cult statue. May represent Agamemnon's initiation to the Samothracaen mystery cult. Marble, Greek archaic artwork, ca. 560 BC. From Samothrace. Dimensions H. 48 cm (18 ¾ in.), W. 45.3 cm (17 ¾ in.), D. 4.5 cm (1 ¾ in.) Credit line Choiseul-Gouffier Collection; purchase, 1818 Accession number Ma 697 Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, lower ground floor, room 1 Photographer/source Jastrow (2007)
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