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Greek terracotta figurine portraying a woman with two children. She is holding one child on her left shoulder, who is wearing a himation, and the other, a naked boy, stands by her right side. She is a so-called "kourotrophos", a woman nursing or taking care of children. She is wearing a chiton and a long himation. The head of the boy on her shoulder is missing. The figurine is preserved to a height of 14.2 cm. It was found in The Large Deposit in the sanctuary in Lindos, and was most likely dedicated as a votive offering to the goddess. 3D Model based on photogrammetry. The background shows a reconstruction of the Archaic Athana Lindia sanctuary in Lindos on Rhodes. The figurine is published in: C. Blinkenberg 1931. Lindos: Fouilles de l’Acropole 1902-1914 I, Les Petits Objects. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co. P. 545 no. 2256.

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