This magnificently preserved statue is known as the Phrasikleia Kore (Phrasicleia Core) and has been dated to the second half of the sixth century BCE. The Kore was made as a grave statue for a young woman named Phrasikleia who lived in Myrrhinus (Merenda) on the outskirts of Athens. The statue was presumably made by a sculptor named Aristion ... this is the only surviving example of his work. The statue was removed from the gravesite and deliberately buried for unknown reasons. The statue was found in 1972 CE and remains one of the finest examples of a Kore in existence. Phrasikleia now has a place of honor in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.