Inventory Number: | S 525 | |
Section Number: | Λ 535 | |
Title: | Portrait Head of Female Figure | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Nose, mouth and chin partly broken away and much battered. The hair is much worn. Back of the head and the bun were left unfinished; the ears, especially the right one, are only blocked out, and there are other indications of incompleteness. The head represents a plump round-faced woman, with her hair parted in the middle, rolled across the forehead, and gathered in a bun at the back of the neck. The work is of the crudest; the hair indicated by very shallow grooves. The corners of the mouth are drilled extremely deep. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base June 1950. | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | Turkish fill. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 5-92, 5-93, XLIII-71, XLIII-72 | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.39; W. 0.205; Th. 0.214 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | Julio-Claudian period. | |
Date: | 26 February 1935 | |
Section: | Λ | |
Grid: | Λ:15-21/ΜΔ-ΜΘ | |
Elevation: | Ca. 61.00m. | |
Masl: | 61m. | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Agora I, no. 10, pp. 22-23, pl. 8. | |
References: | Publication: Agora I Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 36, p. 22 Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 121, p. 107 Images (30) Card: S 525 |