Inventory Number: | S 539 | |
Section Number: | Ν 179 | |
Title: | Herm Head | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken away diagonally from the back of the head to the right side of the face. The right ear and curls around the right cheek missing. The nose, left eye and end of beard chipped. Part of the neck on the left side preserved. The fine-combed hair is bound by a fillet, below which snail-shell curls frame the brow. Probably from a herm. Careful archaistic work. Pentelic marble. Joins S 1083 (Ν 179). | |
Context: | Fill below modern floor. | |
Negatives: | Leica, LXXII-90, LXXII-91, 5-161, 5-301, I-1, I-2, I-3 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.20; P.W. 0.12; Th. 0.15 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman period (?). | |
Date: | 30 March 1935 | |
Section: | Ν | |
Grid: | Ν:37/Μ | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Langlotz (1952), p. 6. . | |
AA 50 (1935), p. 169, fig. 6. | ||
AJA 39 (1935), pp. 179-180, fig. 7. | ||
Agora XI, no. 161, pp. 146-147, pl. 43. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XI Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 165, p. 146 Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 196, p. 177 Images (16) Notebook: Ν-3 Notebook Page: Ν-3-12 (pp. 405-406) Card: S 539 |