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Object Number:30-7-1
Current Location: Greece Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Greek
Provenience: Mediterranean
Period: Hellenistic Period
Date Made: 3rd century BCE
Early Date: -299
Late Date: -200
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Marble (Stone)
Iconography:Goddess Head
Height: 42 cm
Outside Diameter:31.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Spink & Son, 1930

Description

Head of a goddess, Heroic.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Collection] 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.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 37, no. 27View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ridgway, Brunilde S. 1996. "Is the Hope Head an Italian Goddess? A Case of Circumstantial Evidence". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 38. no. 3. pg. 55-62 Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Stolyarik, Yelena, and Romano, Irene B., and Romano, David G., and DeVries, Keith R., and White, Donald J. 1995. The Ancient Greek World:The Rodney S. Young Gallery.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 24View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Waywell, Geoffrey B. 1986. The Lever and Hope Sculptures. Ancient Sculptures in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight and a Catalogue of the Ancient Sculptures formerly in the Hope Collection, London and Deepdene.. Berlin. Gebr. Mann Verlag. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 61-62, 93, no. 49, pl. 57:2-3View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 36, fig.16View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Dohan, Edith H. 1931. "Two Greek Sculptures". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 2. no. 5. pg. 151-153 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 150-153View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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