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Athena Parthenos in Liverpool

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2019

Georgina Muskett*
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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Abstract

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A terracotta figurine depicting Athena Parthenos, which is in the collections of the University of Liverpool and previously dated to the Roman period, is argued to have been made in the 19th century. The premise is based on the object’s close stylistic similarities to 19th-century terracotta figurines in collections in Manchester and Geneva, leading to the conclusion that all three were made from the same mould, and accordingly are of the same date. The note also considers possible reasons for the manufacture of this series of terracotta figurines depicting Athena Parthenos.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2019 

Footnotes

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G.M.Muskett@liv.ac.uk. I wish to thank Dr Gina Criscenzo-Laycock, Curator of the Garstang Museum, University of Liverpool, for granting permission to publish this object, and staff and volunteers for facilitating study and photography. I also wish to thank Manchester Museum for granting me permission to study a similar figurine in its collection, with particular thanks to Emeritus Professor John Prag for discussion. I also wish to acknowledge the helpful comments and advice of the anonymous referees of this paper.