Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
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Wearing low stephane in her center parted hair with long tendrils along her neck and large disc earrings; chiton with fine drapery. Her himation goes over her head and across her torso, pulled by left hand. Her right hand holds a bird? Projecting flange in back with perforation for suspension. Black burnished clay. Mended from large fragments. Height 4.6? (11.7 cm).
There is no agreement between scholars in their opinions about the identity of this protome: it could be Aphrodite or a syncretic image of Kore-Aphrodite. Dove being Aphrodite?s attribute was adopted by deities of agriculture in Hellenism. See: Ribakov B.A. Archaeology of USSR. Summery of archaeological sources. Terracotta Figures, 1970, table 32, # 7.
Christie?s Antiquities, N.Y., December 1999, lot 447; A.C. Rusyaeva. Antiquity terracotta of Northwest Black Sea ( VI-I cc. B.C.). Kiev, 1982, pg. 54.