Agora Object: S 955
Inventory Number:   S 955
Section Number:   Γ 2349
Title:   Head of Female Figure
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Nose chipped, and part of hair, otherwise in good condition. Dowel hole, with part of iron dowel, in base of neck.
Head of woman with wavy hair parted in the middle, her head bent slightly to her left. Eye sockets sunk deep at inner ends. Lobes of ears pierced for earrings.
Island marble.
The iron dowel removed September 1958 to prevent further splitting of neck.
Drilled for setting on base.
Context:   Well D, upper fill.
Notebook Page:   2853
Negatives:   Leica, 7-267, 7-268, color slide
Dimensions:   H. 0.247; W. 0.191; Th. 0.22; D. (dowel hole) 0.04; Diam. (dowel hole) 0.02
Material:   Marble (Island)
Date:   7 June 1937
Section:   Γ
Grid:   E 14
Elevation:   -10.5--10.5m.
Masl:   -10.5m.
Deposit:   E 14:2.1
Bibliography:   Guide (1976), p. 291.
    Delivorrias (1974), pp. 109-110, 152, 153-154, Taf. 30, Falttaf. 1.
    Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 350, fig. 34.
    AA 52 (1937), p. 109, fig. 7.
    BCH 61 (1937), p. 447, fig. 9.
    ILN (11 September 1937), p. 431, fig. 2.Museum Guide (2014), p. 79.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 7 (1938)
Images (42)
Deposit: E 14:2
Deposit: E 14:2.1
Card: S 955