Torso of Aphrodite
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Torso of Artemis

Torso of Aphrodite Anadyomene from Egypt

Classification
sculpture / statue; statuette
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 12.8 cm
Period
Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)?; Roman Imperial Period?
Material
alabaster; material analysis
Iconography
Aphrodite Anadyomene
Findspot
Egypt
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Maróti, Géza Collection
Inventory
52.752
ID
Hyp-700
References
Castiglione, in BullMusHong 9 (1956), 12–21, 87–92, fig. 5

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Egyptian alabaster. Click here for the detailed results.

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