Inventory Number: | S 1135 | |
Section Number: | ΖΖ 35 | |
Title: | Portrait Head of Male Figure | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken below neck. Surface for the most part very badly pitted by the acids from the cesspool, but very carefully finished where preserved. Life-sized head of a youth, with close-cropped curly hair; at center of back of head, a separate short curly strand done in higher relief. The face has a calm expression. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base June 1950. | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | Sandy late Roman fill beside modern cesspool. | |
Negatives: | Leica, XLIII-33, XLIII-34, XLIII-35 | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.225; P.W. 0.153; Th. 0.179 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | 3rd c. (?) A.D. | |
Date: | 31 March 1939 | |
Section: | ΖΖ | |
Grid: | ΖΖ:77/ΛΕ | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Agora I, no. 47, pp. 61-62, pl. 28. | |
References: | Publication: Agora I Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 75, p. 61 Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 121, p. 107 Images (15) Card: S 1135 |