| Identification | |
| Name of the Museum /Institution
संग्रहालय/संस्था का नाम |
G R Sharma Memorial Museum, Allahabad |
| Reference Number / संदर्भ संख्या | UM-GRM-UP-84483 |
| Title/ Name of Object वस्तु का शीर्षक/नाम |
Fragmented female Head |
| Type of Object / वस्तु की किस्म | Terracotta object - मृणवस्तु |
| Dynasty /वंश | Sakas - शक |
| Period / तारीख/युग | C. 5th - 4th Cent. BCE |
| Style / शैली | |
| Provenance / उद्गम/क्षेत्र | Kaushambi |
| Material / सामग्री | clay - मिट्टी / मृदा |
| Sub Material / उप.सामग्री | |
| Location at the Museum / संग्रहालय में कहा पर अवस्थित है। | Ground Floor of the Museum |
| State/UT राज्य/संघ राज्य क्षेत्र |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Measurement/Weight माप/वजन |
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| Length(cm) / लंबाई | 5 |
| Width(cm) / चौड़ाई | 3.6 |
| Height(cm) / ऊंचाई | 9 |
| Weight(gm) / भार | |
| Diameter(cm) /व्यास | |
| Thickness(cm)/मोटाई | |
| Depth(cm) /गहराई | |
| Description / विवरण | |
| Description / विवरण | This figurine represents a draped deity. The deity is dressed in a full sleeved belted tunic. In all possibility the figurines represent a female deity but since the ends of the tunic on the chest overlap the breasts. The sex of the deity is not clearly revealed. The hair is arranged in plaits with the help of stirngs decorated with rosaces and finally rolled back to form a coil. The head is parlty covered with a cap the flaps of which cover the ears also. The figurines was highly bedecked with ear-rings, necklace and leg ornaments. The necklace is identical. A pendant of a complex design is suspended on the chest from a necklace of four strings. The deity holds some object in the right hand. The object is either a child or a bird. As is clear from the perforation at the top of the figurine, the type was meant to be suspended against the wall of a room. |
| Identification Marks / पहचान चिन्ह | |
| Identification Mark Images / पहचान चिन्ह का छायाचित्र | |
| Condition / वस्तु की अवस्था | |
| Condition Description / स्थिति का विवरण | |
| Source | |
| From where acquired / अधिग्रहण का स्थान | |
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