Female head (fragment of a sculpture)
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Floor mosaic from Zeugma: Achilles on Skyros

Female head with ribbon

Classification
sculpture / statue; statuette
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 13 cm
Date
250–225 B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Parian marble, lychnites
Iconography
female head; ribbon
Findspot
Smyrna
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4732
ID
Hyp-1081
References
Hekler 1929, 80, no. 66

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statuette was made of Parian (Paros-Marathi) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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