Aphrodite Statuette
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jul 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Olive R. Seward
label: Donor Name
content: Miss Olive R. Seward
notes: label: Notes
content: Female-Aphrodite. Found in tomb. R. hand holding a dove (?) to bosom. Mold made; flat behind, stands on base. (AJA 35, 1931, P. 24).
label: Notes
content: Probably 6th cent BC. Standing draped goddess holding dove in right hand, represents Aphrodite. She wears Ionic chiton and himation and low round polos headdress. (Cf. Catalog de Figurines Grecque de Terre Cotte. Musee Imperiaux Ottomans; Constantinople, 1908, p. 130, nox 1645-1648, pl. III, no. 12) One very similar called "Standing Kore." R. hand holds dove or rorely, a pomegranate. L. hand holds lotus blossom, fruit or bud. (cf. AJA 35, 1931, p. 24, pl. I.3)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cyprus, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 025988
label: USNM Number
content: A154484-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 13.018 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.127 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3.38 cm