Agora Object: S 2224
Inventory Number:   S 2224
Section Number:   Τ 3994
Title:   Head of Female Figure
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Right cheek and right half of the chin are broken away, also some of the nose.
The head looks straight forward. The hair is pulled back, and much of the head is covered by a sakkos with a bit of hair coming through. High at the back. Most of the ears are exposed, with a bit of the tops covered by hair. The area of skin very smooth.
Slightly discolored in places, probably from having lain in ashes, but does not seem to have been burnt itself.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   Lying on the top floor of South Stoa I, Room 5, in destruction fill of the building.
Notebook Page:   7243
Negatives:   Leica, 85-466, 85-467
PD Number:   PD 2452
Dimensions:   H. 0.132, (chin to crown) 0.113; W. 0.101; Th. 0.127
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   10 July 1967
Section:   Τ
Bibliography:   Hesperia 37 (1968), p. 52, pl. 8 a, b.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 37 (1968)
Drawing: PD 2452 (DA 3473)
Images (5)
Card: S 2224
Card: S 2224