Inventory Number: | S 1295 | |
Section Number: | ΠΠ 188 | |
Title: | Head of Herakles | |
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: | Κεφαλή Ηρακλέους, ίσως προέρχεται από ναό στο Ιερό του στη Μελίτη. Πεντελικό μάρμαρο | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken off across the neck; end of nose and chin chipped. Pick-marks on forehead. Head, half life-size, turned slightly to the figure's left. Hair and beard rendered in small tight bead-like curls. The eyes have a marked slant, the mustached lips a faint smile. The lion's scalp is worn well down over the brow; the hair covers the ears. An irregular protuberance with two holes for attachment on the left side near the back. The surfaces fresh, the marble only slightly patinated; the right side of the face less weathered than the left. Pentelic marble. Drilled and set with bronze dowel. Reset 1956. | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Μαρμάρινη κεφαλή Ηρακλέους, από πεντελικό μάρμαρο. Φέρει αποκρούσεις στο ύψος του λαιμού και στη μύτη. | |
Context: | N.-S. Trench VI (late Roman fill; 3rd c. A.D.) | |
Notebook Page: | 523 | |
Negatives: | Leica, XXIX-10, XXIX-11, XXIX-12, XXIX-13, XL-17, color slide | |
PD Number: | PD 2452 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.147; H. (face) 0.10; W. 0.104; Th. 0.127, (at neck) 0.078 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 30 July 1947 | |
Section: | ΠΠ | |
Grid: | ΠΠ:75/ΛΣΤ | |
Period: | Archaic | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 129. | |
Guide (1990), p. 237. | ||
Guide (1976), p. 238. | ||
Guide (1962), p. 157. | ||
Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 174-175, pls. 49, 50.1. | ||
BCH 71-72 (1947-1948), pl. 67. | ||
ILN (12 November 1949), p. 749, fig. 9. | ||
Agora XI, no. 97 A, pp. 37-40, pl. 18. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XI Publication: Hesperia 17 (1948) Publication: Museum Guide (2014) Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 56, p. 37 Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 196, p. 177 Drawing: PD 2452 (DA 3473) Images (59) Notebook: ΠΠ-2 Notebook: ΠΠ-3 Notebook Page: ΠΠ-2-53 (pp. 296-297) Notebook Page: ΠΠ-3-66 (pp. 522-523) Card: S 1295 Card: S 1295 |