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sculpture
Object Type
sculpture
Museum number
EA1847
Description
Limestone relief statue of a woman from a niche; long robe; right hand is held away from the body; left arm damaged; traces of yellow, red and black colouring. Object comes probably from a tomb-chapel.
Cultures/periods
Roman Period
(late)
Production date
3rd-4thC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
(probably at 1921?)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Oxyrhynchus (city)
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
143 centimetres
Width:
49 centimetres
Depth:
23 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
Cf. to Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Schneider 1981) and Oxyrhynchos portrait sculpture dated 2nd-3rd century (Thomas 2000).
Bibliographic references
Buckton 1994 / Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine art and culture from British collections
(p.54, nr.38)
(by Rowena Loverance)
Parlasca 1978 / Der Uebergang von der spaetroemischen zur fruehkoptischen Kunst im Lichte der Grabreliefs von Oxyrhynchos
(p.118)
(n.30, cited as comparanda)
Location
On display
(G66/dc7)
Condition
fair - left arm damaged, feet lost
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
J Möger
Acquisition date
1971
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA1847
Registration number
1971,1212.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 26 Feb 1996
Gallery Clean
: 19 Mar 2004