• Size: 59" (148cm)

The statue probably represents a young athlete leaning against a tall rectangular pillar, tired and relaxed after a training session.

His body is wrapped in a mantle made of felt worn like that of the shepherds of the present day. He has muscular legs and on his feet he wears leather sandals fastened at the ankles with long straps.

Originally the sculpture was probably a part of the decoration of a gymnasium.

The original statue, found in Tralles (Aydin), 148 cm high, is dated to the late 1st cent. B.C. and is exhibited at the Istanbul Museum.