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846849001
Description
Terracotta naked female figure holding an object (an offering?) to her breast, possibly a votary or goddess; solid, made in a one-part mould, back plain; the woman stands naked with her left arm along the side, and her right hand resting on her abdomen just below the breasts; rounded face with a prominent nose; a line of roughly incised curls run along her forehead with solid, thick tresses falling below the shoulders; the rest of the hair shown in black paint, including on the back of the head; she is richly jewelled: long pendant earrings, a necklace of biconical beads and a pendant around her neck and between her breasts hangs a large disc with a central boss; she also wears ear-flaps; black paint on the wrists may indicate bracelets; made of pink-buff clay with black painted decoration: horizontal stripes along the body, eyes also outlined in black, in addition to the bands on the wrists.
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