The Nereid Monument: greek

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The Nereid Monument

Mar 06, 2012 20:46

This is the east side of the Nereid monument in the British Museum. The tomb was built about 380 BC at Xanthos in south west Turkey, probably for a local ruler Arbinas and his family.

god: real person, material: marble, type: monument, date: 4th cent. bc, museum: british museum, origin: greek