Agora Object: T 3519
Inventory Number:   T 3519
Section Number:   ΓΓ 1175
Title:   Relief Plaque: Head of Athena
Category:   Terracotta
Description:   Very carefully modeled head of Athena with Parthenos helmet, shield and spear.
Roughly circular plaque, the back rough and irregular. Slightly chipped around edges.
Head and shoulders of Athena Parthenos right; her face is seen against the interior of her shield; spear over left shoulder.
Very fine work on helmet.
Impression from a mold made for lamps or emblemata (?).
No glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Context:   Between north wall of Roman Bath and road.
Negatives:   Leica, 80-576, color slide.
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.095; Th. 0.025
Date:   29 May 1957
Section:   ΓΓ
Grid:   E 17
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Hesperia 27 (1958), p. 159, pl. 46d.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 27 (1958)
Image: 2007.01.3423
Image: 2012.55.0673 (80-576)
Card: T 3519