Figurine

Museum number:
8-2431
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Alternate number:
IIB16 (reference number)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
seated Athena wearing crested helmet and an aegis, holding oval shield in her left hand and a patera in her right. Owl on each shoulder. Piece including her head and owls broken and reattached with some gaps. Part of base and her left foot restoration.
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:
Athena and Figurines
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 8-2431, described as seated Athena wearing crested helmet and an aegis, holding oval shield in her left hand and a patera in her right. Owl on each shoulder. Piece including her head and owls broken and reattached with some gaps. Part of base and her left foot restoration.

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