Journeys of an icon: The provenance of the 'Boston Goddess'

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-154

  Lapatin, Kenneth D S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v13i2.127     Document Type: Article

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