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title: Vestal Virgin, British Museum
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2682/vestal-virgin-british-museum/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Vestal Virgin, British Museum

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Vestal Virgin, British Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2682.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2682.jpg)

## Image Caption

Marble head from a portrait statue of a veiled priestess of the goddess [Vesta](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vesta/). The headdress identifies the subject as a [Vestal Virgin](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vestal_Virgin/). Above her hair are six folds of the infula, a long woolen band wrapped around the head to hang in two loops, passed behind the ears. Made 100-120 CE. (British Museum, London)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Raddato, C. (2014, May 31). Vestal Virgin, British Museum. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2682/vestal-virgin-british-museum/>
### Chicago
Raddato, Carole. "Vestal Virgin, British Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 31, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2682/vestal-virgin-british-museum/>.
### MLA
Raddato, Carole. "Vestal Virgin, British Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 May 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2682/vestal-virgin-british-museum/>.

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