SculptureGraeco-Roman3rd century CE
Head of a City-Goddess or Geographical Personification
3rd century CE
Dimensions
actual: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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