Figure of Aphrodite
date
about 99 BCE-1 BCE
creation place
Europe, Italy, Maga Graecia
medium & support
Formed terracotta
measurements
17 x 6 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (43.18 x 15.88 x 7.92 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation
accession number
2009.012.000
keywords
ancient history, ceremonial object, chaos, classical antiquity, cosmogony, creation, elements, figure, Genesis, goddess, gods, heaven, history, mythology, primeval deity, ritual object, statues, statuettes, theogony, universe, Venus
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