Agora Object: S 2225
Inventory Number:   S 2225
Section Number:   Τ 3995
Title:   Head of Satyr
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   The back part of the head is broken away, also the tip of the nose, chin and presumably pointed ears.
The head faces front. The hair is bound by a fillet, which comes to a point at the top of the head. The hair in front is carefully worked; the hair behind the fillet is not worked at all, a very rough surface is left, perhaps unfinished.
Some discoloration from contact with ashes.
Pentelic marble.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Lying on the top floor of South Stoa I, Room 5, in destruction fill of the building.
Notebook Page:   7243
Negatives:   Leica, 85-464, 85-465
Dimensions:   H. 0.185, (chin to crown) 0.16; W. 0.134; Th. 0.106
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   10 July 1967
Section:   Τ
Bibliography:   Hesperia 37 (1968), p. 52, pl. 8 c, d.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 37 (1968)
Images (4)
Card: S 2225