S10.12 APHRODITE ACCROUPIE
| Museum Collection | British Museum, London (on loan from Queen Elizabeth II) |
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| Catalogue No. | London GR 1963.10-29.1 |
| Title | Aphrodite accroupie |
| Type | Statue |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 1.12 metres |
| Context | - |
| Original / Copy | Roman copy of Greek statue after Doedalsas of Bithynia ca 250 B.C. |
| Style | Hellenistic |
| Date | C2nd A.D. |
| Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus) crouches in the bath with her hands raised to cover her breast and groin.