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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.99
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Standing female figure, drapery knotted round hips, leaving one leg bare, and falling on left shoulder. Back plain, with hole for suspension. On right side, amphora with ridged neck.
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description Dark orange clay
Munsell_color 10YR 6/3
Decoration
Inscriptions
Condition Head missing above shoulders. Uneven base, perhaps was attached to something else and acted as a decoration(?). Some dark red deposits on front. Some scratches to knee. White deposits on reverse.
Technique/Style
Provenance From Kom Ushim, Egypt
Period Hellenistic
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Comparanda For the suspension hole see REDMG:1953.25.87.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 13.5
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. (max.) 6.4; th. (max.) 3.1
Location Myth and religion
Edited_by Denise
Date_edited 9.08.2002
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