The Getty Museum Kouros

Material Stone - Marble Instrumentation NAA elemental analysis Application Authentication/Provenience Place Greece and Los Angeles Time Period Classic Greece, 600-300 bc 

Questions Is this Greek statue authentic Where did the marble come from Where was the statue made  

Bianchi, Robert. 1994. Saga of The Getty Kouros. Archaeology 47 3.22-24. 

Because of the questions that were raised, a detailed scientific study of the statue 

A geologist, Stanley Margolis, studied the source of the marble and the surface finish. Margolis was given permission to remove small samples of the marble by drilling is less visible places. Samples were examined with SEM, electron microprobe. X-ray diffraction. X-ray fluorescence, and mass spectrometry. 

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