figurine
- Museum number
- Sp-III,+.27
- Description
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Fired clay figurine; draped standing female harpist wearing a wreath; she holds the harp against the right shoulder, holding the bar with the left hand, sounding the strings with the right hand; she is clad in a tunic with a round neckline, and a bordered himation wrapped around her legs and hips, with a heavy roll at the top, with one end falling in a cascade at her left side; she stands in strong contraposto supporting her weight on the right leg; hair parted in the middle, drawn back from the face and arranged in a knot at the nape; on the head she wears a stippled wreath, bound in the front; prominent nose, small mouth, smiling; button earrings; double mould; venthole in the back; back well worked; fine modelling, good craftsmanship; red clay; remnants of thick lime wash, and red paint on the himation; top of the harp and lower legs missing.
- Dimensions
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Length: 13.30 centimetres
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Width: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Part of Sp.III 24+
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; top of the harp and lower legs missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- Sp-III,+.27