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A nude figure, apparently female, is preserved to the waist.
She seems to be struggling in the coils of a serpent, who is strangling her.
Red clay with dusty yellow surface.
Cf. T 269, 960, 1125, 1541, ... 28 February 1934 |
Surface slightly chipped.
Seven spokes are indicated in relief.
Traces of white paint between. Leica ... 1 March 1934 |
A woman 's head with high erection above rolled hair. With late Roman. Leica ... 3 March 1934 |
Broken at back and bottom.
Broad squat face.
Gouged technique.
Late Roman. Disturbed. Leica ... 6 March 1934 |
Broken below the collar, and on the right side of the head.
Gouged technique.
Clay grayish-brown.
Cf. T 1422.
Late Roman. Disturbed. Leica ... 8 March 1934 |
A mass of hair at the back.
Traces of red paint.
Greenish yellow clay.
Late Roman. Trench A, mixed late fill. Leica ... 8 March 1934 |
Traces of yellowish slip and white limey deposit (?).
ADDENDA: Nose and upper lip from above life-size frace mask. Trench A, mixed late fill, black earth. Leica ... 9 March 1934 |
The piece is from the back of a small bust on a pedestal, with a bit of the pedestal preserved at the bottom, and a few strands of hair at the base of the neck.
Incised in wet clay the letters: K Y.
Unglazed ... 14 March 1934 |
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