Inventory Number: | S 2356 | |
Section Number: | Ω 1551 | |
Title: | Portrait Head of Male Figure | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken at neck. Head intact except for tip of nose and chips and wear on hair. Fault in marble near top of head. Portrait of middle-aged man with bushy beard and masses of curly hair on head and neck, leaving the lower half of ears visible. Hair of eyebrows indicated. Prominent furrowed brow. Engraved irises and drilled pupils. Free use of drill on hair and beard. Perhaps a portrait of a kosmete. Good white Pentelic marble. | |
Context: | Well in east colonnade of Peristyle of Roman House H. | |
Notebook Page: | 2521 | |
Negatives: | Leica, 86-409, 86-410, 86-411, color slide | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.335; W. 0.25, (of face) 0.157 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 31 July 1970 | |
Section: | Ω | |
Grid: | P 21 | |
Elevation: | Ca. -5.00m. | |
Masl: | -5m. | |
Deposit: | P 21:2 | |
Lot: | Lot Ω 409 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 98. | |
AgoraPicBk 27 (2006), p. 30, fig. 33. | ||
Camp (1986), p. 204. | ||
Guide (1976), p. 295. | ||
Hesperia 40 (1971), p. 274, pl. 59 a. | ||
Agora XXIV, p. 41, pl. 40 d. | ||
References: | Publications (4) Publication Pages (4) Report: 1970 Ω Report Page: 1970 Ω, s. 6 Report Page: 1970 Ω, s. 23 Images (14) Deposit: P 21:2 Lot: Ω 409 Notebook: Ω-13 Notebook Page: Ω-13-65 (pp. 2520-2521) Card: S 2356 Card: S 2356 |