Marble funerary veiled female bust, Cyrene, Hellenistic period (1st c. BC), 128 x 62 cm.

Sculptures – Stone

Material: Piedras | Type: Esculturas/Relieves | Countries: Libia

  • Period

    5th millennium BC – AD 642

  • Red List

    Lista Roja de Emergencia – Libia

Category

Sculptures – Stone
Stone (limestone, marble). Statues (kore, kouros) of young Cyreneans nude or wearing a loincloth, a skirt or a dress; standing or walking, arms by the side or with one arm extended; hair may be braided. Male busts; waist-length female busts may be faceless (aniconic) and/or veiled (head or face). Statues, figurines and funerary busts. Portraits, animals, deities with their attributes and/or floral motifs, nude or wearing draped and/or pleated garments. May have glass paste eyes and bronze eyelashes. Height: 20-200 cm.
© Università Roma Tre Archaeological Mission in Libya / Fabian Baroni