Agora Object: S 2499
Inventory Number:   S 2499
Section Number:   ΒΓ' 89
Title:   Herm Head
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Μαρμάρινη κεφαλή Ερμαϊκής στήλης που έχει ως πρότυπο τον Προπυλαίο Ερμή του Αλκαμένη 2ος αι. μ.Χ.
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Broken at bottom. Beard, side locks, right side of nose, left central part of curls over forehead broken away. Crack across top of head. Cutting and dowel for repair at lower back.
Alcamenoid herm. Hair radiates from center of head, bound by a twisted cord. It falls down back in waving mass with individual strands picked out. Three rows of snail curls over forehead. Thick beard also with individual curling strands picked out. Full mouth, sharply cut eyebrows run into line of nose. Rasp marks on underside of hair and neck, drilling in ears. Note wear on curls over forehead at left. Herm lay with this side up, maybe worn down by feet.
White marble.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Κεφαλή Ερμαϊκής στήλης. Φέρει αποκρούσεις στη βάση και στην κορυφή του κεφαλιού.
Notebook Page:   769
Negatives:   Leica, 87-96, 87-97, 87-180, 87-213, 87-214, 87-215, color slide
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.35; W. 0.24; P.Th. 0.27
Chronology:   2nd c. A.D.
Date:   27 June 1972
Section:   ΒΓ'
Grid:   G 4
Deposit:   G 4:3
Lot:   Lot ΒΓ' 92
Bibliography:   Boyer (2017), p. 153, n. 341.
    Museum Guide (2014), pp. 154-155, fig. 93.
    Guide (2010), p. 83, fig. 50.
    Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 33, fig. 34.
    AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 39, fig. 60.
    Guide (1990), p. 91, fig. 50.
    Camp (1986), p. 75, fig 50.
    AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), fig. 23.
    Guide (1976), p. 236, fig. 41.
    Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 406, pl. 76 b.
References:   Publications (5)
Publication Page: Agora 24, s. 20, p. xvii
Publication Page: Agora 24, s. 78, p. 54
Publication Page: Agora 24, s. 226
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Deposit: G 4:3
Card: S 2499
Card: S 2499