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SHM 04166:0037 :: antefix, architectural ornament

Object description: Terracotta antefix decorated with palmette springing from female bust. The head is facing the front, slightly turned on one side. Oval face framed by an arch of wavy hair and a hair band. The bust is followed underneath by a horizontal groove and an ovolo band.

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Inventory number

SHM 04166:0037

Serie nummer

22980

Object

antefix; architectural ornament

Country - Findspot

Israel : Asia; Palestine : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Palestina (stat) [?]; Israel [?]

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Context

Unknown

Acquisition

Purchased, among other objects, from Swedish colonists in Jerusalem by Sven Hedin, who donated them to the ÖS. In 1928 all the objects were transferred to the SHM.

Description

Terracotta antefix decorated with palmette springing from female bust. The head is facing the front, slightly turned on one side. Oval face framed by an arch of wavy hair and a hair band. The bust is followed underneath by a horizontal groove and an ovolo band.

Period

Hellenistic-Roman

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current