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Accession_Number 26.7.10
Shape Figurine
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Woman in cloak, playing tympanum(beathing rympareum(?)). Head missing. Clay brownish-pink. White slip. Hollow, and oval hole in back.
Inscriptions
Condition Incomplete. Apart from the head missing, there is little damage. There are small holes and scratches on the surface, front and back. The white slip has almost completely worn away, evident now only in small areas.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date 4 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of the front of a Boeotian figurine of a woman in a cloak.

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View of back of Boeotian figurine of a woman in a cloak. Oval shaped hole in the middle of the back showing hollow interior.

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Figurine of cloaked woman laying down showing hollow base and hole in the back.

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Top view of cloaked woman figurine showing that her head is missing.

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Frontal view of Boeotian figurine of a woman in a cloak.

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View of back of Boeotian figurine of a women in a cloak.

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Side view of Boeotian figurine of a women in a cloak.

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Side view of Boeotian figurine of a women in a cloak.

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Figurine of cloaked women laying down showing hollow inside.

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Top view of Boeotian figurine laying down, showing the head is missing.
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Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height H. 10.4
Diameters Max diam body. 3.5; Max diam base. 5.3
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Education
Edited_by Georgina; Kinsey
Date_edited 02.09.2002; 06.01.2006
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