Female figurine

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Απ 8

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 570 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.212 m
Length: 0.165 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 6, No 168

Description
Bibliography

Upper part of a female figurine. It was found in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe.

The woman is depicted frontally with her arms bent at the elbow and stretched out forward. The curved right hand fingers held some object, perhaps a thin piece of wood or a cloth. The face is oval and the fine lips’ corners are upturned forming a smile. The long hair forms locks over the forehead and falls on the shoulders.

All over the surface retained is white slip and red colour ornaments. The body is wheelmade, the head mouldmade and the arms handmade.

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Κύρκου, Μ., «Κοροπλαστικές αποκλίσεις στον αρχαϊκό Κεραμεικό», στο Δ. Δαμάσκος (επιμ.), Επιτύμβιον Gerhard Neumann, Αθήνα, 2003, σελ. 32-35, 38, εικ. 1-4, 21, αρ. κατ. 1
Parisi, V., «Terrecotte votive e pratiche ritual nell’ Atene di VII secolo», στο L. Calio, E. Lippolis, V. Parisi (επιμ.), Gli Ateniesi e il loro modello di citta. Seminari di storia e archeologia greca I. Roma, 25-26 giugno 2012, 2014, σελ. 34-35, εικ. 15b