Inventory Number: | S 1494 | |
Section Number: | Ρ 604 | |
Title: | Head of Female Figure from Relief | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken below at neck. Right side from top to mid cheek missing. Nose, mouth, and chin much chipped and bruised. Drill hole at back to separate it from background. Female head, half life-size, left, seen in three-quarters view. Luxuriant wavy hair is gathered toward the back in a topknot. Fillet passes behind ears. Lobe of left ear drilled for earring. Fine workmanship. Pentelic marble. From the Altar of Ares Series; cf. S 1451 (Ρ 500), S 1459 (Ρ 543) etc. for style and provenience. | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | From marble lining of Byzantine (?) pithos. | |
Negatives: | Leica, L-1, L-2, LIII-59, 83-73, 83-74 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.133; P.Th. 0.13; P.W. 0.076 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 23 April 1951 | |
Section: | Ρ | |
Grid: | Ρ:31/ΚΕ | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 88 (2019), no. 10, pp. 631, 648, figs. 10, 33. | |
AJA 81 (1977), p. 166, fig. 22. | ||
Hesperia 46 (1977), p. 94, pl. 23 b. | ||
Delivorrias (1974), p. 144, n. 620. | ||
AJA 71 (1967), p. 41, n. 118. | ||
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:S 1451 | |
Agora:Object:S 1459 | ||
References: | Publication: Hesperia 46 (1977) Publication: Hesperia 88 (2019) Images (46) Card: S 1494 Card: S 1494 |