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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.88
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Fragment
Material Sandstone
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 7/6
Decoration Head of woman with shawl coming up toa high point over her head. Hair is piled on her head; melon coiffeure with diadem.
Inscriptions
Condition Deposits lie on surface and in hollows beneath shawl. Facial features slightly worn on lower part of face. Material is very soft and crumbly. Some small surface cracks.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Hellenistic
Date 3 c. (?)
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 9.6
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Widest point 5.8 Thickest section 6.0
Location Body Beautiful
Edited_by Denise
Date_edited 9 August 2002
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