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Head of Venus Demeter
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Sobhy

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0270

Inv.Inventory
(Greco-Roman Museum) 7974
SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. (Greco-Roman Museum) 2191 (B)

where to find

showcase 18

Head of Venus Demeter

Category:

Sculpture in the round, figurines / statuettes, heads

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum

Material(s):

Man made material, pottery (terracotta)

Height:

13 cm

Hall:

Greco-Roman Antiquities, showcase 18

The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References

Giuseppe Botti, Catalogue des monuments exposés au Musée Gréco-Romain d’Alexandrie (Alexandria: Imprimerie Générale A. Mourès, 1901): 53, no. 1115.

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