Faceless statue

Faceless statue

Figure of a nude woman with her hands on her belly, missing her feet and her face. The latter was a serpent's head emerging from the wig. There are several oblique incisions where the face would have been. On top of the head are the remains of a sun disk.

Present location MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARQUEOLOGIA [46/003] LISBON

Inventory number E 197 (n. cat. 80)

Dating GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category HUMAN FIGURINE

Material MARBLE

Technique HEWN

Height 17.7 cm

Width 6.8 cm

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Bibliography•Antiguidades Egípcias I, Lisboa, 1993