| Inventory Number: | S 393 | |
| Section Number: | Ζ 790 | |
| Title: | Statuette Head: Aphrodite | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | Small head preserved to the base of the neck where it is finished off with a small dowel hole for attachment of the body. The figure inclines slightly to the left. At each ear are two small connecting holes, with a strut of marble between them, for the attachment of earrings. The hair is parted in the middle and drawn down into a projection knot at the back. Behind the roll of hair in the front rises a sort of coronet with scalloped edges. Island marble. Cf. Hesperia 90 (2021), p. 380, n. 57. | |
| Conservation Status: | Finished | |
| Context: | Fill of Great Drain; disturbance fill, mostly late Roman. | |
| Negatives: | Leica | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.08; W. 0.049 | |
| Material: | Marble (Island) | |
| Date: | 28 June 1933 | |
| Section: | Ζ | |
| Grid: | Ζ:60-70/ΙΕ-ΙΖ | |
| Bibliography: | Agora XXXIX, no. 297, p. 285, pl. 80. | |
| References: | Publication: Agora XXXIX Images (4) Notebook: Ζ-6 Notebook: Ζ-7 Notebook Page: Ζ-6-65 (pp. 1097-1098) Notebook Page: Ζ-7-68 (pp. 1295-1296) Card: S 393 |