A Greek statuette of an emaciated woman from Smyrna, Asia Minor. The woman depicted has an emaciated, skeletal frame and distended belly. Her pose, dress, and youthful hairstyle indicates that she is a young woman suffering from a debilitating illness.Terracotta, 1st Century BCE.(Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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