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Etruscan Goddess

Two views of the painted terracotta head of a goddess, usually identified as Thesan/Leucothea,* but Nancy de Grummond has suggested it represents Catha, a lunar deity.** From Temple A at Pyrgi, c. 340-330 BC.

 

Photographed in the Villa Giulia (Rome) in 1998 with a Ricoh R1. Scanned from the prints and edited with Photoscape.

 

* www.museoetru.it/works/head-of-leucotea

 

** www.academia.edu/59263172/Moon_Over_Pyrgi_Catha_an_Etrusc...

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