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Accession_Number 34.10.25
Shape Figurine
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Standing female, left arm akimbo, right arm at side, holding jar, wearing long flowing robes. Large opening at back. Paper number 13. Clay pink. White slip.
Inscriptions
Condition Complete but not intact. The figure has been broken in two and pieced back together. Other than that, the only thing wrong is the patches of brown/grey deposit on the head and shoulders, on the back, down some of the folds in the robe, on the vase and at the base, around the feet.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date 4-3 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a standing female Boeotian figurine, showing damage.

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Side view of a Boeotian figurine, showing the back of a standing female.

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Side view of a Boeotian figurine, showing the interior.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height H. 14.1
Diameters Diam of body. 4.8; Diam of base. 6.1
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Household
Edited_by Georgina; Kinsey; Joana Varela
Date_edited 02.09.2002; 09.01.2006; 05.04.2017
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