Figurine of a seated goddess

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 11670

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Archaic Period

Date

510-480 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.127 m

Material

Clay

Location

First Floor Case 23, Νο 9

Description
Bibliography

Figurine of a seated goddess found during one of the Acropolis excavation campaigns. The goddess sits on a throne and her schematically rendered hands rest on her knees whereas her feet on a footstool. She wears a chiton decorated with red and black bands. The black hair frames her forehead, falling over the shoulders. On her head she has a low stephane

Preserved is some of the white slip that covered the whole figurine whereas vivid red paint is retained on the throne.

Casson, S., Brooke, D., Catalogue of the Acropolis Museum. Sculpture and Architectural Fragments, with a section upon the Terracottas, II, Cambridge, 1921, σελ. 356, αρ.κατ. 306
Knoblauch, P., Studien zur archaisch-griechischen Tonbildnerein in Kreta, Rhodos, Athen und Bootien, Halle, 1937, σελ. 186, αρ.κατ. 375
Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 35, εικ. 32
Wagner, C., Dedication Practices on the Athenian Acropolis, 8th to 4th centuries BC, University of Oxford, 1997, σελ. 170 και υποσημ. 5