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This is currently for sale on ebay, listed as 4th cent. BC. It shows what presumably would be the typical accoutrements for a hunting expedition, including the sword slung on his back. Or is that an enclosed arrow case?

Note the boots, which are not the fancy open-toed ones which appeared in a recent discussion, and which would have been impractical when hunting. The fact that we usually only see Ancient Greek wearing sandals in art has always puzzled me as surely they were weren't masochistic enough to wear sandals when it was cold and wet. The same goes for short-sleeved tunics. Macedonia is cold in winter and a cloak is not going to keep bare arms and legs warm, particularly if you are trying to work. Despite Persian sleeves and trousers being regarded as effeminate, surely this was a fashion statement and not a practical one?
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Are we sure for the date " bC " ? I think it is AD or a little earlier
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No, it definitely says c400 BC, 'guaranteed genuine', but who knows?

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Possibly no Greek, definitely non 400 bC !
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It definitely isn't Attic, and not by a master craftsman. But could it not be a provincial piece?
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Even in the remotes areas the craftsmen were trying to imitate the good ones.This piece in my humble opinion is dated in second century A.D
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Sleeves!

A 17th cent. etching of a statue now in the Vatican museum - from the British Museum
The sculpture, now in the Vatican in Rome is a Roman copy, perhaps of the time of Trajan, after a lost original which is attributed to the school of Praxitiles. The statue was depicted from two different angles, each on separate plate. For the two plates see: 1850,0810.679-680.
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Looks Byzantine, proto Christian period I mean.
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Praxitiles was a generation before Alexander, so of his school would be contemporary with Alexander, although this is a second century AD copy.
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