Artumes figurine

Museum number:
8-2648
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Alternate number:
IIA58 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta fragment of standing woman holding patera over an altar; plaque-like in being flat; behind her a deer; wears chiton with sleeves bound across chest, medallion around neck; pinkish terracotta; broken in several places; losses at lower right, upper left; Height: 19.7 cm; Width: 8.2 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Vignaccia temple
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Lazzari
Collection date:
1885
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Terracotta (clay material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Artumes figurine, accession number 8-2648, described as Terracotta fragment of standing woman holding patera over an altar; plaque-like in being flat; behind her a deer; wears chiton with sleeves bound across chest, medallion around neck; pinkish terracotta; broken in several places; losses at lower right, upper left; Height: 19.7 cm; Width: 8.2 cm.

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