Agora Object: S 730
Inventory Number:   S 730
Section Number:   Τ 514
Title:   Herm Head
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   A small bearded head in archaic style. Nose broken, the break worn smooth; beard somewhat damaged. Detail in general rubbed rather smooth.
Hair worn in curls across forehead, otherwise apparently left smooth. Eyes bulging, lids separated from ball by shallow groove. Mouth straight with drooping mustache.
A double drilled hole in bottom of neck for attachment. Perhaps not original (?), for neck appears to be broken below.
White marble.
Context:   Stony late fill.
Negatives:   Leica, LXXII-96, LXXII-97
Dimensions:   H. 0.125; W. 0.081; Th. 0.082
Chronology:   Late Archaic period.
Date:   17 April 1936
Section:   Τ
Grid:   Τ:34/ΙΑ
Period:   Archaic
Bibliography:   Agora XI, no. 157, p. 144, pl. 41.
References:   Publication: Agora XI
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 163, p. 144
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 196, p. 177
Images (5)
Card: S 730