Head of a child figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 12944

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

350-300 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.04 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 33, Νο 15

Description
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It belongs to a figurine that represents a child. It was found during the excavations conducted on the Acropolis.

The face is ovoid, the forehead tall and the eyes small with accentuated lids. The lips are full and the child smiles. The hair is braided into a plait wrapped around the head. Preserved are traces of white slip.

Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 397, αρ. κατ. 20018