In the transitional phase to the Classical Period, bronze statues were also cast, such as the statuette of Poseidon (around 480 B.C.) recovered from the seabed off the south coast of Boeotia. The statue that had been dedicated to the god of the seas, according to the inscription found at the base, shows him holding his trident vertically. His eyes were inlaid, made of a different material; his lips still red. (No X11761, Room 14).