Agora Object: B 551
Inventory Number:   B 551
Section Number:   Ω 383
Title:   Herm Statuette
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Μικρογραφική χάλκινη Ερμαϊκή στήλη
Category:   Bronze
Description:   Intact save for chip from bottom of Herm, and another from the base.
A portrait herm, draped.
The hair is worn in a fringe of straight locks around the forehead, and bound by wreath (possibly a plain fillet), tied with two hanging ends behind.
On the front, below the drapery, a caduceus, incised.
The Herm stands on a small round moulded base, from which it has broken away; it apparently broken off also in antiquity, and was soldered on with some substance, much of which remains.
Style of hairdressing suggests the time of Nero : possibly an imperial portrait ?
Cf. B 882 for base.
Cf. Hesperia 90 (2021), p. 399, n. 112.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Μικρή χάλκινη Ερμαϊκή στήλη. Στη στήλη ανήκε στρογγυλή βάση από την οποία απομακρύνθηκε αργότερα. Σχεδόν ακέραια.
Notes:   CASE 47 DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE, NEEDS TO BE RE-SHELVED. OBJECT IS IN S. WORKROOM.
Context:   Well, fill II.
3rd c. A.D.
Handling:   Stoa Gallery Case
Negatives:   Leica, Color slide, 8-212
Dimensions:   H. 0.155; Diam. (base at bottom) 0.06
Material:   Copper alloy
Date:   6 April 1938
Section:   Ω
Grid:   Ω:74/Ι
Elevation:   Ca. -14.50m.
Masl:   -14.5m.
Deposit:   N 20:5
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:B 882
References:   Report: 1938 Ω
Report Page: 1938 Ω, s. 12
Image: 2000.02.0718 (Slide Sheet: 29:12)
Deposit: N 20:5
Notebook: Ω-4
Notebook Page: Ω-4-11 (pp. 611-612)
Notebook Page: Ω-4-92 (pp. 773-774)