The inscription on the hem of this cylindrical female figure’s clothing says it was made for the goddess Hera by somebody called Cheramyes. The findspot corroborates the dedication. Other sculptures have been more recently discovered with similar inscriptions, so they all may have stood together as a group.

The shape of the figure is interesting. Although carved in stone, its treetrunk-like appearance may hint at the origins of Greek sculpture, in wood; it certainly contrasts with the flat slab-like appearance of, for example, the Nikandre kore