Statuette of a reclining Nubian woman

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 10 cm

Date

late 2nd century – 3rd century A.D.

Period

Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.)

Material

clay

Iconography

female figure ; couch (kline); tunic ; floral wreath ; cushion

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.533

Hyp-543

Condition

Fissure on left leg, nose bruised, base chipped at places.

References

Breccia 1926, 68, pl. 3.; Oroszlán 1930, 72, D 94; Török 1995, 157, no. 240; Török 2005a, 38, 42, no. 8; Török 2005b, 50–51, no. 8

The reclining female figure is wearing a stippled floral wreath over the tightly-spaced snailshell-curls that constitute her coiffure, and an ankle-length, short-sleeved, high-belted chiton which leaves her left breast bare. The floral wreath on her head and on her pillow indicate that she is represented in funerary context.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.