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Object: S 731

Inventory Number:		S 731
Section Number:		ΠΘ 1353
Title:		Statuette of Mother of the Gods
Category:		Sculpture
Description:		Left hand missing, and part of right braid. The Mother sits on a throne, wearing a low polos and a girded chiton. Her cloak is carried across her lap from right to left, and hangs down beside her left leg. Her hair, parted in the middle, falls in a braid in front of each shoulder. In her right hand she holds a patera. The right support of the chair is carved in relief to represent a lion. Back of statuette left rough, head stained from contact with iron. Parian (?) marble.
Notes:		It appears in the Illustrated London News (ILN), 18 July 1936.
Context:		Well. From top of well which went out of use in mid 3rd c. B.C. (H.S.R.).
Negatives:		Leica, 6-209, 82-652, 97-13-29a, 97-13-30a
Dimensions:		H. 0.338; W. 0.213; Th. 0.148
Material:		Marble
Date:		24 April 1936
Section:		ΠΘ
Grid:		ΠΘ:64/ΚΘ
Elevation:		-16--16m.
Masl:		-16m.
Deposit:		C 12:1.1
Bibliography:		Hesperia 92 (2023), p. 270, fig. 22a.
		AgoraPicBk 27 (2006), p. 37, fig. 40.
		Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 181, pl. 40 a.
		AJA 40 (1936), pp. 409- 410, fig. 6.
		Agora V, no. J 27, p. 54.
		Agora XIV, p. 31, pl. 31 a.
References:		Publications (5) Publication Pages (5) Images (9) Deposit: C 12:1 Deposit: C 12:1.1 Card: S 731 Card: S 731