Inventory Number: | S 659 | |
Section Number: | Σ 359 | |
Title: | Portrait Head of Male Figure | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Face and part of hair preserved; broken all around; nose and right eye chipped. A portrait head, perhaps a Kosmete. An elderly man with short beard and sideburns and mustache. Deep wrinkles below cheeks; furrowed brow; wide open eyes. The hair hangs over the forehead in pointed strands. On top of the head is a low crown, formed by a plain convex band surmounted by a wreath (?). The surface of the marbles has been burned. The workmanship is not of the best. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base in June 1950. Broken off its base and stolen in December 1963. | |
Notes: | Ca. 2.20m. below surfaceUsed to be in the Upper Colonnade | |
Context: | In loose fill containing late Roman and Turkish sherds, ca. 2.20m. below surface. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 6-149, XLIII-19, XLIII-20, XLIX-64 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.315; P.W. 0.186; P.Th. 0.091 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | Period of Gallenius. | |
Date: | 14 March 1936 | |
Section: | Σ | |
Grid: | Σ:9/ΚΓ | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Guide (1962), p. 197. | |
AgoraPicBk 5 (1960), fig. 35. | ||
Agora I, no. 49, pp. 63-64, pl. 31. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora I Publication: AgoraPicBk 5 (1960) Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 77, p. 63 Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 115, p. 101 Publication Page: Agora 1, s. 121, p. 107 Images (9) Card: S 659 |