Figurine head

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 9945

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean)

Date

1225-1190 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m
Length: 0.045 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 2, Νο 28

Description
Bibliography

Head of a figurine, perhaps a Sphinx. It was found in 1969 in the vicinity of the Sanctuary of Apollo Hypoakraios on the north slope of the Acropolis.

Preserved is only the figure’s face which at the back is hollow. It is triangular in shape with a low forehead, slanting eyes, accentuated brows, big, long nose and narrow, half-open mouth. The chin is pointy and the figure may have had a v-shaped beard. The face surface is covered in yellowish slip and the facial features are painted brown-red.

Δημακοπούλου, Κ., «Μυκηναϊκή Πήλινη Κεφαλή», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 25, Μέρος Α΄- Μελέται, 1970, σελ. 174-183, πίν. 58 α-γ, σχ. 1
Παντελίδου, Μ., Αι Προϊστορικαί Αθήναι, Αθήνα, 1975, σελ. 37, 200