Head of a child
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Head of a man from an Attic funerary monument

Head of a girl

Classification
sculpture / statue; statuette
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 9.5 cm
Date
3rd century B.C.
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)
Material
marble analysis; Parian marble, lychnites
Iconography
female head; ribbon
Findspot
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4731
ID
Hyp-3982
References
Hekler 1929, 80, no. 67

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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