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Head of Hera

Larger than lifesize veiled female head.
The hair is parted in the centre, like that of Athena, but the veil is an attribute which makes her likely to be Zeus’s wife, Hera

Number: 
554
Material: 
Marble
Location of Original: 

Berlin K.168

Size: 
0.50m
Accession: 

Bought from the Gipsformerei der Staatlichen Museen in 1964

Date: 
Mid C5 BCE

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