Sculpture
Object Number:
54-28-21
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Provenience:
Cyprus
Kourion
Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Marble (Stone)
Technique:
Carved
Description:
Diademed female head. Broken off at point of juncture between chin and neck. Intact save for smashed nose, chips broken off lower right cheek and top of diadem. Slightly under life-sized. Plain diadem. Wavy hair parted in middle and brushed back, covering top of ears. Lips slightly parted, drill holes at corners. Hair on top and back of head only cursorily worked.
Credit Line:
Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Romano, Irene B. 2006. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 10, no. 8
[Book] McFadden, George H. 2005. "11,000 years of the worship of Apollo of the woodlands". vol. 220. p. 590.
[Book] McFadden, George H. 1950. Notebook. X (April - May).
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