File:Persephone Cnidus BM C483.jpg

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Object type figurine
object_type QS:P31,Q1066288
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English: Female figure wearing a chiton and a himation, perhaps Persephone.
Français : Femme portant chiton et himation, peut-être Perséphone.
Date circa 330 BC
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions length: 5.4 cm (2.1 in); height: 23.5 cm (9.2 in); width: 11.4 cm (4.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,5.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,23.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,11.4U174728
Weight: 552 g (19.47 oz)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, Room 22, Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic world
Accession number
GR 1859.12-26.154 (Terracotta 2496; Terracotta C 483)
Object history 1859: discovered by Sir Charles Thomas Newton (Knidos in Turkey)
References British Museum: online database: entry 460447
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