Sacrificing Woman
3rd-2nd century BCE
Dimensions
5.3 x 2.2 cm (2 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Henry W. Haynes, bequest; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1922.
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