Carthage / Fragment / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0120
Object Name: Fragment
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Length: 3.9
Width: 2.3
Height: 3.9
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Head of female gazes sweetly to the left with deep, scopadic eyes. Nose is broad, mouth narrow, chin heavy. Hair in back is gathered at nape and hangs in tail; short side lock (part missing), drops from right ear; longer lock falls from left ear down neck. Light reddish brown clay (Muns 5 YR 6/4) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed at sides. Seams very well smoothed over and concealed.; Marks: Top of head and all below neck missing.
Subjects: Head
Verbatim Date: 4th C BC
Verbatim Provenance: Tunisia
Verbatim Site: Carthage
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Terracottas in the British Museum
Publication Author: Higgins, R. A.
Publication Year: 1969
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.0120
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0120/0000_00_0120p04.tif

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Full citation: "Carthage; Fragment; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0120/0000_00_0120p04.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.