V. 579 :: fragment, sculpture

Object description: Female head with oval face. Prominent cheeks, slightly smiling, protruding lips, nose in line with forehead, large eyes of myrtle-leaf shape, slightly sloping, high forehead.; ears covered by large rosettes and spiral earrings, hair over forehead parted in the middle, the curls rendered by parallel notches in curved rows. The rest of the hair is covered by a cloth and tied into a knot at the back of the head; the cloth is wrapped by bands behind front-hair, around hair-knot, and across crown of head. Necklace around neck. Traces of red paint on lips. White limestone.

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