| Inventory Number: | S 491 | |
| Section Number: | ΚΤΛ 6 | |
| Title: | Head Fragment of Female Figure | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | The head is preserved from crown to mouth, the nose and lips battered. The hair is parted in the middle and drawn severely down over the ears; in the back it is worked in shallow waves. A headdress of folds, radiating from a knot over the brows, covers the top of the head only. Pentelic marble. Cf. S 1922 (Η' 928) for hair. ADDENDA Cf. Delos Aphrodite Group for coiffure (and scale), Hellenistic, late 2nd to 1st c. B.C.? | |
| Conservation Status: | Finished | |
| Context: | Brought in from outside the excavation into section Γ; probably from a neighboring house wall. Covered with modern plaster and paint: red, blue and yellow. | |
| Negatives: | Leica | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.145; W. ca. 0.15; Th. 0.185 | |
| Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
| Date: | 1934 | |
| Section: | ΚΤΛ | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 86 (2017), pp. 98-100, 108, fig. 10. | |
| Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:S 1922 | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 86 (2017) Images (6) Card: S 491 |
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