Head of a bearded man
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Head of a male foreigner ('barbarian') from a relief

Head of a bearded man

Classification
portrait; sculpture / statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
15 × 12 cm
Date
second third of the 2nd century A.D.
Period
2nd century A.D.
Material
material analysis; limestone
Iconography
male head
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4779
ID
Hyp-407
References
Hekler 1929, 54, no. 47; Frel, in BullMusHong 16 (1960), 44

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the relief was made of regionally used limestone of unknown origin. Click here for the detailed results.
 

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