Votive Shoulder Bust

Item

Title
Votive Shoulder Bust
Inventory Number
A0156
From Date
-399
To Date
-200
Description
Bust fr top of shoulders w widely projecting frame of drapery all around. Wavy hair parted in middle around forehead, behind which 4 h braids w ?crown indicated by broad band of v ribs running into frame. On face eyes, eyelids, nose & lips articulated; broad smooth cheeks, neck and upper chest.
State of Preservation
Large chips out of frame, one large chip out of front base, end of nose chipped off; long gouge, ?pick mark, on back of head at upper r; surface cracked, especially on face where darkened.
Height
24.5 cm
Width
17.5 cm
Color
Clay body ca 2.5YR 5/4 (reddish brown) mottled 2.5YR 4/0 (dark gray).
Notes
Slide Coll
Type
terracotta
Material
fired clay

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