Female figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 12855

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

340-290 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 33, Νο 1

Description
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Figurine of young woman seated on a pillow. It was unearthed during the Acropolis excavation campaigns. The woman leans slightly forward. She is draped in chiton which is girded right below her chest and has her himation wrapped loosely around her hips. Traces of white slip are retained.

Winter, F., Die antiken Terrakotten. Die Typen der figürlichen Terrakotten, III, 2, Berlin, Stuttgart, 1903, σελ. 111, εικ. σχ. 5, αρ. κατ. 5
Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 389-390, αρ. κατ. 1430