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Despite her elaborate drapery and stately pose, this female riding a sea-goat is probably a nereid, a nymph of the calm sea. The fish-tailed sea-goat on which she is seated is of a type that is extremely rare before the Hellenistic era.
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Title: Bronze relief of a veiled woman riding a sea-goat
Period: Late Classical or Early Hellenistic
Date: 4th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)
L. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.78.88
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