SCULPTURE

Female portrait head Γ139

  Museum/Current place of storage: Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
  Inv. no: -
  Dimensions:
  Material: H. 0,25m.
  Findspot:

Laconia (the exact findspot is unknown).

  Original Display Location:

Unknown.

  Date: Principate of Hadrian (Tod - Wace 1906, 169, cat. no. 339).
  Statuary Type (body) : -
  Mode of Self-Representation (head): -
  Civic Presence (Social Role Represented):

Unknown (priestess?).

  Inscribed Base: No
  Author: Panagiotis Konstantinidis
  Added: 2024-09-18
  Edited:

Description - Comments:

Only the face is preserved. Badly weathered. The hair is parted at the top of the forehead. The iris and pupil are indicated. Small rolled fillet (strophion?) and veil (?) covering the back of the head. Non vidi.

Bibliography:

M.N. Tod, A.J.B. Wace, A Catalogue of the Sparta Museum, Oxford 1906, 169, cat. no. 339.