Head of a female figurine

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 12939

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

330-300 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.029 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 33, Νο 10

Description
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It belongs to the figurine of a woman and was unearthed during the excavations conducted on the Acropolis. The head is wrapped tightly in the figure’s himation, leaving uncovered only the eyes which are small and rendered with carelessly made incisions. Retained 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. 396, αρ. κατ. 1504