Minerva figurine

Museum number:
8-2560
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Alternate number:
IIB16a (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Terracotta statuette of seated Athena; row of curls across forehead and ringlets onto shoulders, crested helmet; aegis and shield; light orange terracotta; lower portion lost; left wing of throne lost; Height: 14.4 cm; Width: 9.4 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)
Person depicted:
Athena (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines and Minerva
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Minerva figurine, accession number 8-2560, described as Terracotta statuette of seated Athena; row of curls across forehead and ringlets onto shoulders, crested helmet; aegis and shield; light orange terracotta; lower portion lost; left wing of throne lost; Height: 14.4 cm; Width: 9.4 cm.

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