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MM 1968:034 :: votive sculpture

Object description: Hollow moulded male profile, the right side of the head, wearing a toga over the back of the head. Oval face. Almond-shaped eye. Long nose, rounded tip. Indicated mouth. Rounded chin. Wavy hair, combed downwards. The unworked back part of the head has a vent hole, and is smoothed and taller than the front, forming a ridge at the junction between back and front, the back side is unworked. Brick clay, orange slip.

Inventory number: MM 1968:034
Serie nummer: 22247
Object: votive sculpturevotive%20sculpture
Object, Swedish: votivskulpturvotivskulptur
Material: TerracottaTerracotta; EarthenwareEarthenware; ClayClay; PotteryPottery
Material, Swedish: TerrakottaTerrakotta; KeramikKeramik
Context: Votive depositVotive%20deposit
Acquisition: Donated by the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities in 1968.Donated%20by%20the%20Royal%20Academy%20of%20Letters%2C%20History%20and%20Antiquities%20in%201968.
Description: Hollow moulded male profile, the right side of the head, wearing a toga over the back of the head. Oval face. Almond-shaped eye. Long nose, rounded tip. Indicated mouth. Rounded chin. Wavy hair, combed downwards. The unworked back part of the head has a vent hole, and is smoothed and taller than the front, forming a ridge at the junction between back and front, the back side is unworked. Brick clay, orange slip.
Comments: Urval Galleriet.Urval%20Galleriet.
Keyword: headhead; ceramicsceramics
Keyword, Swedish: huvudhuvud
NegNo: 10474D
PhotoNegNo: 10475D-10477D
Height / Höjd: 25,4 cm25%2C4%20cm
Dimensions: H. 25.4 cm.H.%2025.4%20cm.
Condition: Nose and chin chipped, otherwise well preserved.
Original register: GreekRomanGreekRoman

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