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Agrigento: female offeratory figure (late 4th c. BC)



Agrigento: Female offeratory figure (Mus.Agrigento; photo Athena Review 2004)


This female head from an offeratory bust portrays a woman with an elaborate hairstyle, probably a female divinity. It was found in the sanctuary of the Underworld Divinities at Agrigento, and dates near the beginning of the Hellenistic era (late 4th century BC)


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