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A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF ATHENA
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess stands with her weight on her left leg, her right leg bent at the knee, wearing a himation over a peplos with buttoned sleeves, and the scaley aegis centered by the facing head of Medusa, displaying synchretistic attributes including an Isis knot in the himation at the right shoulder, a snake of Hygeia at her right thigh, and the quiver of Artemis at her back, 16in. (40.6cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The goddess stands with her weight on her left leg, her right leg bent at the knee, wearing a himation over a peplos with buttoned sleeves, and the scaley aegis centered by the facing head of Medusa, displaying synchretistic attributes including an Isis knot in the himation at the right shoulder, a snake of Hygeia at her right thigh, and the quiver of Artemis at her back, 16in. (40.6cm.) high