Greek Hellenistic pottery head of Attis

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A head fragment from a pottery figure depicting Attis wearing a Phrygian cap. Attis was worshipped as the consort of Cybele and the god of vegetation.

Culture:
Greek, Hellenistic, 2nd or 1st Century BC

Size:
4.2 x 3 cms, 7.1 cms including display block

Condition:
Fragment as shown, supplied with a perspex display block

Provenance:
Ex. collection: Professor George ‘Yorgo’ Demetrakopoulos (1942-2021), Michigan, USA. Professor Demetrakopoulos was assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000.

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