/internal/media/dispatcher/785349/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailArtemis Bendis4th century B.C.height x width (max.) x depth: 13 x 1.15 x 5 cm (5 1/8 x 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)Marble, rough, crystalline, similar to that called ThasianGift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson18.4370The relief is broken on all edges; the back is rough. The surfaces are clean. The goddess is seen in frontal view, wearing her characteristic Thracian cap. Although primarily a Thracian goddess, Bendis received honors in Athens and the Piraeus in the fourth century B.C., when Athens needed allies in northern Greece.
From Athens, the Greek Mainland, or the Aegean islands (?).Sculpture13.00000000005.000000000015108301