ntaglio. Motif carved on convex side of stone. Artemis standing on a plinth, possibly representing a statue. She faces right, holding a bow in her left hand; her quiver is visible above her shoulders. She wears a long tunic folded over at the top (peplos); with her right hand she holds the short end of the peplos away from her body. In the back, the peplos flies away from her body as if to suggest movement. Her hair is worn bound in the back, with a bump along her hairline where the hair has been gathered into a roll in an archaic style. She is tall and slim
Author: Hellenistic Period | Date: 2nd–1st century B.C.
