- KE 300 (Terracotta Figurine of Aphrodite) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- S 5
- Typological identification
- Terracotta Figurine
- Cited by
- ScrantonRamage1964b, p. 145
- Conservation
- 1960s: mending with shellac and partial reconstruction with white plaster.
- Description
- Aphrodite. Nude female figure wearing pointed cap; left hand raised apparently holding drapery which flows down to base; indistinct object to left of head (another figure onlooking in background?); stands on rectangular pedestal as though statuesque. Blunt details from worn mold. Uneven on back.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Light buff clay. Corinthian coroplastic fabric? Traces of thick, even, white slip.
- Preservation comment
- Complete from four large fragments. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and pitting.
- Height
- 0.175
- Preserved width
- 0.062
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 300 (Terracotta Figurine of Aphrodite).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0300>
