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A youthful goddess

This figure’s dress, the tunic bound tightly under the breasts and the heavy cloak rolled across her waist, is a popular style of the later Greek period. It is often worn by younger goddesses such as Hygieia, daughter of Asklepios, and Persephone, daughter of Demeter.

Date: around  100 BC
Find spot: Seba Banat, Egypt
Marble (Greek island)
Agnes Smith (Lewis) Collection

Object Number: GR.2.2011

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