Statuette Fragment
B9368
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Northern Syria
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B9368 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Hellenistic |
Provenience | Northern Syria |
Period | Seleucid Period |
Date Made | 323-31 BCE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Alabaster |
Iconography | Aphrodite |
Description | CBS Register: fragment of a female statute in white marble Romano: "Nude Aphrodite/Venus with head turned to her left with hair parted in the middle and drawn back in thick strands; two long strands fall over the right and left shoulders and a bowknot sits on top of the head. The right arm is bent across the front with the right hand covering the left breast. The face is elongated with a small triangular forehead, wide-open eyes with shallow definition, and small protruding mouth with a slash separating the lips. Long neck; drill used to separate the long locks from the neck. Hair in back and back of figure less well defined. A groove defines the lower spine." |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1900 |
Other Number | P264737 - CDLI Number |
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