Previous Publications: Laumonier (1956: 140-141, pl. 41, no. 370)
Height: 140.8 mm
Iconographic type: Female figure in Isiac costume (chiton and fringed mantle with Isis knot); a flat band and double garland run diagonally across figurine’s chest (Chapter 4.2.1. 3)
Archaeological Context: Within the temenos of the Sanctuary of Apollo (Chapter
5.9.6)
Fabric Type: Reddish “Cycladic” fabric, untempered, levigated (Chapter 2.5.3)
Manufacturing Techniques:
• Type of temper used (Chapter 3.4.1): Untempered
• Number of molds used (Chapter 3.4.2): Double-molded (arms and head would have been made separately, however)
• Condition of mold: Very good
• Solid or hollow: Hollow
• Presence of vents (Chapter 3.4.3)? Oval vent in lower back
• Presence of separate base? Too fragmentary to tell
• Presence of visible fingerprints? Small partial print on back side
• Evidence of reworking (Chapter 3.4.3)? Fairly extensive surface smoothing (most of front side smoothed to a burnish), though with few noticeable cloth impressions in clay; possible minimal retooling; use of thin blade to incise lines in wreath; cutting vent into back
• Handmade applique elements present (Chapter 3.4.2)? Diagonal band across chest; garland atop the band
• Method of attachment of head, limbs, etc. (Chapter 3.4.2): Method of attachment unclear for head. Arms were separately attached. The right arm appears to have been attached with a rod, while no comparable hole for a rod appears in the left shoulder (perhaps suggesting a gesture in which the right arm projected out farther than the left, and thus required more support)
• Evidence of “bubbles” created by plaster mold (Chapter 3.4.2)? No
• Appearance of back of figurine: Roughly modeled, not as smoothed
• Presence of preserved slip, self-slip, and/or limewash (Chapters 3.4.4, 3.4.5)? Limewash
• Presence of preserved paint (Chapter 3.4.5)? Pink (5R 8/4) traces on chiton; yellow (10YR 8/8) traces on the area of the chiton just beneath figure’s collarbone. The placement of the preserved remnants of paint is thus compatible with the color scheme often used for “Oriental Aphrodite” figurines, who often seem to wear pink garments with a central vertical yellow band (Chapters 4.2.1. 3, 4.2.2.3) . Traces of black paint (10YR 2/1) on the diagonal band running across chest The floral decoration atop that band is composed of two twisted garlands of flowers; the top half of each garland appears to have been painted pink (5R 8/4), while the bottom half of each was painted blue (MICHEL color: 31-34-6) .
• Evidence for repair: No evidence for repair in antiquity. Modern restorers have glued the figurine back together from several broken pieces
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