This is the head of a statue of a Greek youth or Kouros. The rest of the body is in the Samos Museum; the whole statue would measure about 3.2 meters in height. His hair is plaited and falls behind the head, down to the neck. The depiction of the lips and mouth gives a smiling appearance. Marble. Archaic Period, 6th century BCE. From Samos, in modern-day Greece. (Museum of Archaeology, Istanbul, Turkey).
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