Inventory Number: | S 1091 | |
Section Number: | Η 655 | |
Title: | Portrait Head of Male Figure | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | The face is much rubbed and worn. A middle-aged man with light beard and mustache, and curly hair. The neck was cut to be inset. Drill holes for the attachment of a wreath. Good workmanship. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base June 1950. | |
Context: | Removed from the foundation for the N.E. corner of a Byzantine house, 10.50m. N.W. of the N.W. corner of the great late Roman building, just above an E.-W. concrete wall (actually in Η'). | |
Negatives: | Leica, 9-39, 9-40, 9-41, IX-4, XLIII-57, XLIII-58, XLIX-62, XLIX-63 | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.376, (from chin) 0.253 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | Period of Hadrian. | |
Date: | 29 June 1938 | |
Section: | Η | |
Grid: | K 8 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 86. | |
Agora I, no. 24, pp. 34-35, pl. 16. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora I Publication: Museum Guide (2014) Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 48, p. 34 Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 121, p. 107 Images (52) Notebook: Η-8 Notebook Page: Η-8-46 (pp. 1426-1427) Card: S 1091 |