Head of a female figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 12912

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

300-275 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.032 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 33, Νο 8

Description
Bibliography

It belongs to the figurine of a woman and was found during the Acropolis excavation expeditions. The head tilts to the right and the face is ovoid with small eyes and heavy lids. The hair is parted in the middle and drawn back into a bun. Part of the face is covered with the woman’s himation. Preserved are traces of white slip and brown-red colour.

Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 396
Vlassopoulou, Chr., «Les figurines de l' Acropole d' Athènes. La collection du Musée de l' Acropole», στο A. Pasquier, V.L. Aravantinos (επιμ.), Tanagra: Mythe et archéologie. Musée du Louvre, Paris, 15 septembre 2003 - 5 janvier 2004, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 5 février – 9 mai 2004, Paris, 2003, σελ. 160, αρ.κατ. 102