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25 Jul Archaising female draped figure

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Title Archaising female draped figure Content I.D. no: 21095 Dimensions: Max. H. 88 cm; Max. W. 33 cm; Max. D. 22 cm. Material: Very fine-grain white marble with plenty of long, continuous or broken grey-black lines. Provenance: Unknown Current location: National Museum of Archaeology, Reserve Collection   Condition: Headless, with surviving hollow between the shoulders...

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23 Jan Aphrodite untying her sandal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Title Aphrodite untying her sandal   Content   I.D. no: 48912 Dimensions: Max. H. 0.31; Max. W. 15 cm. Material: Fine-grain white marble Provenance: From New Street, Rabat[1] Current location: National Museum of Archaeology, Reserve Collection   Condition: The statuette misses its head, both arms, the right leg from mid-thigh down and the left leg from...

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05 Sep Statuette of Artemis the huntress

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I.D. no: 48916 Dimensions: Max. H. 28 cm; max. W. 19 cm. Material: Medium-grain white marble, possibly ‘Parian’[1] Provenance: Unknown[2] Current location: Domvs Romana Museum   Condition: Missing head, broken off at the bottom of the neck, and lower part of the torso, broken off just above the knees. Also broken...

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01 Aug Headless torso of Amazon

Title: Headless torso of Amazon Content I.D. no: 102539 Dimensions: Max. H. 95 cm; Max. W. 35 cm. Material: Medium-grain white marble with prominent grey streaks Provenance: From the sea mud below Corradino Hill in Grand Harbour, 1865[1] Current location: National Museum of Archaeology   Condition: The statue seems to have been originally...

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09 Dec Doloneia Relief Slab

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I.D. no102012 Dimensions: H. 43 cm; L. 49 cm; Th. (slab) 3.2 cm; Max. Th. (including relief) 0.7 cm. Material: Fine-grain white marble. ‘Pentelic’[1] Provenance: Mdina-Rabat (‘Notabile’), Malta[2] Current location: National Museum of Archaeology Condition: The slab survives in good condition, but both lower corners are broken. Two small horizontal...

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22 Nov Togate torso from Mdina

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I.D. no: 102008 Dimensions: Max. H. (combined) 133 cm;[1] Max. W. 56 cm (in both fragments). Material: Fine-grain greyish white marble with plenty of dark grey streaks almost all pointing in same direction, from lower left to upper right . Provenance: Mdina, near the Benedictine Monastery.[2] Current location: Reserve...

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