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Porträtkopf: Arsinoe III. (?)

Griechisch, Hellenistisch, 3. Jh. v. Chr.

 

 

Arsinoe III. (?)

This larger than life-sized head of a woman was originally inserted into the statue of a cloaked figure. Traces of workmanship on the back of the head and the neck are often found on Hellenistic sculpture. In imitation of the hairstyles sported by goddesses, her wavy hair is parted in the centre, combed backwards and put up at the back of the neck. Traces of a tiara identify the sitter as a Hellenistic (presumably Ptolemaic) queen, possibly Arsinoe III Philopator, Queen of Egypt (c. 246–204 B.C.).

Location: Neue Burg, Ephesos Museum Plateau Athlet

Object data

Object Name

Porträtkopf

Culture

Griechisch

Period

Hellenistisch

Dated

3. Jh. v. Chr.

Site

Ephesos , Theater , Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei

Material

Marmor

Dimensions

H. 52 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung

Inv. No.

Antikensammlung, I 876

Provenance

Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1911 nachträglich inventarisiert

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