Head of girl figurine

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΠ 37

Category

Coroplastic

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

150-86 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.105 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 2, No 115

Description
Bibliography

Head of a girl figurine mended from two fragments. It also preserves the neck and the upper bosom. The fragments were found in 1956 in cistern 14 on the south slope of the Acropolis. A wreath adorns the head and the long hair falls in locks at the sides. Much of the surface retains traces of white slip and reddish and brown paint. The figurine was most likely placed in a domestic shrine as a votive offering.

Vogeikoff, N., Hellenistic Pottery from the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis (διδακτορική διατριβή), Bryan Mawr College, 1993, σελ. 166, υποσημ. 111, πίν. 255
Vogeikoff-Brogan, N., «Late Hellenistic Pottery in Athens: A New Deposit and Further Thoughts on the Association of Pottery and Societal Change», Hesperia Supplement 69, 2000, σελ. 329-330, εικ. 26
Παντερμαλής, Δ., Ελευθεράτου, Σ., Βλασσοπούλου, Χ., Μουσείο Ακρόπολης. Οδηγός, Αθήνα, 2016, σελ. 42, 43, εικ. 30