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Marble head of a small female statue, resembling the features of the Ptolemaic queen Berenike II; broken away smoothly from the body at the line of the chin, with some signs of being incomplete; oval face with full, rounded cheeks and a flat nose (broken); slightly pouting lips; the hair is gathered at the back in a bun or chignon; the bun is defined by a deep trough most of the way around, but on each side are small drill holes which have not been finished; a narrow groove around the forehead may be the remains of a simple fillet holding in a line of curls falling; a small but deep hole has been drilled in the top, possibly to take a head-dress in a different material such as a sun-shade or an Egyptianising crown; in front of this hole is a much shallower round depression, possible an abortive attempt at drilling the trough for the headdress; the head is broken fairly smoothly from the body at the chin; surface generally very worn.
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