Female protome

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 12729

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Archaic Period

Date

550-520 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.124 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 22, Νο 1

Description
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Female protome, with the mouth and nose chipped off. It was found during one of the

Acropolis

excavation campaigns. The figure smiles and has a low stephane on the head. Her hair forms locks around the forehead and falls over the shoulders. White slip is preserved all over the surface.

Terracotta female protomes are usually encountered as dedications in public sanctuaries offered primarily to female deities; as ritualistic objects in domestic shrines; as objects with apotropaic or decorative character in private households and as grave offerings in women's and children's burials. Their interpretation is uncertain since they are sometimes considered depictions of deities and other times of mere mortals.

Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 36, εικ. 42