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Enthroned Persephone 

A Late Archaic statue of Persephone seating on a throne. She rests her feet on a high footstool and extends her arms forward. She wears a long peplos and sandals. Her diadem, as well as her earlobes, have holes for the insertion of metal jewelry. A few spots still preserve traces of color.


Caption Marble statue from Taras (?) of Persephone sitting on a throne

Mythic people Persephone (Goddess)

Type Statue

Origin Taras (?), South Italy

Current position Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin

Index number SK 1761

Dating 480/470 BC

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Notes

Enthroned deity: so-called goddess of Taranto (Persephone, Hera, Aphrodite?) - Research | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (smb.museum)

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