Artemis (Typus Candia)

This head belongs to the statue of an unidentified goddess; unfortunately none of the extant copies of this type – known as “Candia” after one of the oldest examples, which was discovered on Crete – have retained an attribute that would allow archaeologists to identify her. Only a relief now in Berlin suggest that it might be Artemis.
The large number of extant ancient copies suggests that these statues are based on a well-known Greek model from the Classical period.