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Accession_Number 50.12.50
Shape Figurine
Shape_description
Material
Fabric Mycenaean
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5Y 7/4
Decoration The figurine probably represents the body of a woman (a 'phi'figurine). The figure is decorated with a series of slightly wavy brown lines, arranged vertically.
Inscriptions
Condition Single fragment preserving the upper part, from the head to the lower part of the chest. Chipped at the top. Decoration is almost rubbed off in many places.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.98.0114.jpg
View of the upper side of a Mycenaean figurine fragment, broken off at the lower chest.

2003.98.0115.jpg
View of the bottom side of a Mycenaean figurine fragment, broken off at the lower chest.
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Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height 3.7
Diameters 4.0
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Myth and religion
Edited_by Charles; Kinsey
Date_edited 20.02.2003; 11.01.2006
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