A marble theatre mask found near the Dipylon Gate in Athens. The mask has been identified as the type of the “ruler slave”, the “first slave”, of New Comedy. 2nd century BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece [1208×1536] Posted in Old Statue Pictures Tagged with 1208x1536, 2nd, Archaeological, Athens, BCE, century, Comedy, Dipylon, GATE, Greece, Housed, identified, Marble, Mask, Museum, National, ruler, slave, Theatre, Type