relief
- Museum number
- 1818,0214.1
- Description
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Reddish marble carved votive relief of Selene: a female bust to the front in an arched niche, draped in a sleeved chiton, and with her hair parted in the middle and brought down over her ears, nose now missing, surrounded by a crescent on her head, seven stars in the field around and the signs of the zodiac in low relief; inscribed beneath with an unitelligible Gnostic formula and noted in the catalogue that from its position the inscription appears to have been an afterthought.
- Production date
- 2ndC-3rdC
- Dimensions
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Height: 63.75 centimetres
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Width: 55 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G1/wp129/sh3)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1999 1 Dec-2000 24 Sep, London, The Queen’s House, The Story of Time
2008-2009, 24 Nov-6 Apr, London, V&A Museum of Childhood, Space Age: Exploration, Design and Popular Culture
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1818,0214.1