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The polos (headdress) identifies the figure as a goddess. She is impressive for her size, rigidity, and severity. Some traces of color survive on the edge of the overfold. There are traces of burning, either from a funerary pyre or from fire at the precinct where the statuette was dedicated.
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Title: Terracotta statuette of a goddess
Period: Classical
Date: mid-5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Boeotian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of The Honorable Herbert H. Lehman, 1953
Object Number: 53.206
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