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
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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
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Artist
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Attribution
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Image
|  2002.97.0411.jpg | Front view of top half of male figurine with cloak over both shoulders.
|  2002.97.0412.jpg | Front view of top half of male figurine with cloak over both shoulders.
|  2002.97.0413.jpg | Bottom view of top half of male figurine, hollow inside.
|  2002.97.0414.jpg | Bottom view of top half of male figurine, hollow inside.
|  2002.97.0415.jpg | Back view of upper half of male figurine.
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Comparanda
| See BM Cat. 823-829, especially 825, and Auctions A.G. 14,2 1983 no.178. |
Bibliography
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Archive_Ref
| reference 1reference 2 |
Beazley_DB
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Height
| 6.9 |
Diameters
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Handle_height
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Other_dims.
| W. 6.2 |
Location
| Myth and religion |
Edited_by
| Georgina; Kinsey; Joana varela
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Date_edited
| 09.08.2002; 11.01.2006; 19.04.2017 |