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[Agora Publication] Women in the Athenian Agora

Rotroff, S. I. Lamberton, R. D ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Using evidence from the Athenian Agora, the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women’s lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played—as ... 2006

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[Agora Object] PNT 114: Nurse and Child

The adult figure is broken away below the waist, and nose is missing. Moulded hollow; completely modeled behind. The hair of both figures and the draper on the back of the nurse has been freely retouched ... Late third or early second century B.C.