1.3.02026-07-26sculpture, figurine, fragment, skulptur, figurinRådata3102030objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3102030NM Ant S.N. 0155Mould-made head of female figure, possibly Artemis Bendis, tilted slightly to the left (figure´s right). Hollowed. No back. Oval face with high forehead framed by hair rendered in loose curls. On the head probably a stylized lion´s head, worn as a hood. Fine, greyish-brown fabric. White slip.NM Ant S.N. 0155, Artemis Bendis is the Athenian syncronism between the Greek Artemis and the Thracian Bendis, both of whom were goddesses associated with hunting. A cult to Bendis was introduced to Athens by Thracian immigrants sometime during the late fifth century BC, and eventually became so popular among the Athenian residents that the goddess was granted her own festival, the Bendideia. Her sanctuary was located in the Piraeus., Only head preserved. Traces of glue on neck. Shallow cracks on surface. Slightly chipped. Worn and encrusted.BrukadClassical-HellenisticUrsprungEuropa, Grekland, Attica, AthensÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3792787/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3792788/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byKaneberg, OveStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3102030http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3102030http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3102030