Palermo Fragment

The Palermo fragment, also known as Fagan slab from the name of the artist and British consul Robert Fagan who owned it, is a 2,500-year-old marble sculpture fragment of the foot and dress of the ancient Greek goddess Artemis.

[1] The Palermo fragment was taken by Lord Elgin from the Parthenon in the early 19th century and given to the British Consul to Sicily in 1816.

[4] This move was anticipated to strengthen Greece's request for the British Museum to return the Elgin Marbles.

[5] In 2022, the fragment was permanently returned to the Acropolis Museum, where it has been reunited with the rest of the Parthenon frieze.

[6] The Salinas Archaeological Museum in Palermo is one of three collections to have returned Parthenon fragments to Greece.