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Accession_Number 23.11.31XXXX
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Female wearing long skirts. The top of the figure is oddly shaped. The left arm extends down and slightly away from the side of the body, ending in a fork. The skirts are sashed at the waist, and are marked with long vertical lines ending at a wide hem with more widely spaced pairs of lines.
Material Lead
Fabric
Fabric_description Spartan
Munsell_color
Decoration
Inscriptions
Condition The top of the figure has broken away. The right arm is absent from just below the shoulder, and the feet are missing.
Technique/Style Relief plaque
Provenance Said to be from the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, Sparta
Period Archaic
Date 7-5 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Spartan female figurines:L-R 23.11.31B1; 23.11.31XXXX; [unknown]; 23.11.31XXX.

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Spartan female figurines: 23.11.31XXXX (left).

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Beazley_DB
Height 3.8
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. 2.0
Location 11.1.9
Edited_by Sarah; Liz; Joana Varela
Date_edited 09.06.2005; 21.06.2007; 05.04.2017
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