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| Inventory Number: | S 2035 | |
| Section Number: | ΠΑ 44 | |
| Title: | Head of Male Figure: Meleager | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | Broken just below chin. Somewhat battered. Nose and part of upper lip broken away and top of head rubbed. Otherwise well preserved. Flame locks roughly blocked in rising to a peak over forehead. Drill used a little in eyes, nostrils and ears. More carefully worked in front than behind. Seems to be a 1st c. A.D. copy of a Meleager type (cf. Newbold head?) but it looks straight front. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA From a herm? (AS 1997) | |
| Context: | Late Roman Building west of LRFW (Late Roman Fortification Wall), ca. 1.00m. west of end of Wall A, and 0.40m. below its top. 6th to 7th c. A.D. context. | |
| Notebook Page: | 260 | |
| Negatives: | Leica, 81-445, 81-446, 81-447, 81-448, color slide | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.28; P.W. 0.228; P.Th. 0.24 | |
| Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
| Chronology: | 1st c. A.D. | |
| Date: | 13 March 1959 | |
| Section: | ΠΑ | |
| Grid: | S 17 | |
| Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), p. 81. | |
| Guide (1976), p. 294. | ||
| Guide (1962), p. 194. | ||
| Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 381-382, pl. 85 a. | ||
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 29 (1960) Publication: Museum Guide (2014) Images (50) Card: S 2035 |
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