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| Inventory Number: | T 109 | |
| Section Number: | ΣΤ 288 | |
| Title: | Head of Aphrodite Figurine | |
| Category: | Terracotta | |
| Description: | Preserved with neck. End of nose and chin worn, and part of plait (?) broken away, back of head. Hair parted in the middle, high curly mass leaving the brow triangular. Regular features in oval face. Ears not visible but a thick circular earring marks the spot at lower edge of hair mass on either side. Back of head has practically no modelling, but on left side just above neck is a ridge which may be part of plaits bound about head or of some head covering. Solid at neck. Soapy pinkish buff clay. ADDENDA: Traces of something (himation ?) resting on a roll or plait of her, with adhesive glaze. Hair retouched with graver. | |
| Notes: | 3.23m. below stone | |
| Context: | Cistern at 3.23m. below stone. "Demeter" cistern. Late 4th c. B.C. | |
| Negatives: | Leica, 2-117, 90-2-27, 93-7-5 | |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.046, (face) 0.025; W. 0.028; Th. 0.027 | |
| Date: | 7 March 1932 | |
| Section: | ΣΤ | |
| Grid: | ΣΤ:9/Β | |
| Elevation: | Ca. -3.23m. | |
| Masl: | -3.23m. | |
| Deposit: | F 16:1 | |
| Period: | Greek | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 47 (1978), p. 386, noted. | |
| Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 106, pl. 20, no. 7. | ||
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 23 (1954) Publication: Hesperia 47 (1978) Image: 2012.77.0426 (90-2-27) Image: 2012.79.0169 (93-7-5) Image: 2005.01.0427 Deposit: F 16:1 Card: T 109 Card: T 109 |
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