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421. Female portrait bust. Pentelic marble
Found on Melos. The flower calyx from which the
bust emerges is a symbol of rebirth and immortality and
suggests that the woman depicted was no longer alive
AD 170-180
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece
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