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Accession_Number 14.9.115
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Top half of hollow figurine in the shape of a youth
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description Pink
Munsell_color 5YR 7/6
Decoration Head and shoulders of figurine of a boy with cloak over both shoulders.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment. The surface feels very smooth, but the back is slightly uneven. There is a long crack running down one shoulder and at the edge of the hairline. Little areas of greyish deposit running through contours of body. Once thought to join Reading 14.9.114.
Technique/Style Moulded
Provenance Said to be from the Theban Kabeirion
Period Classical
Date 5 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of top half of male figurine with cloak over both shoulders.

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Front view of top half of male figurine with cloak over both shoulders.

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Bottom view of top half of male figurine, hollow inside.

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Bottom view of top half of male figurine, hollow inside.

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Back view of upper half of male figurine.
Comparanda See BM Cat. 823-829, especially 825, and Auctions A.G. 14,2 1983 no.178.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 6.9
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. 6.2
Location Myth and religion
Edited_by Georgina; Kinsey; Joana varela
Date_edited 09.08.2002; 11.01.2006; 19.04.2017
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