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Funerary siren raising a hand to her breast and another hand to her hair, two typical gestures of distress and mourning. Terracotta figurine made in Myrina, 1st century BC. |H. 22.5 cm (8 ¾ in.) |Excavated by the French School at Athens, 1883 |Myr 148 |Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, 1st floor, room 38, case 9
Jastrow (2006)
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