Funerary Stela of Thenet
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Hematite cylinder seal from the Uluburun shipwreck

Head of a wreathed youth

Classification
sculpture / statue; statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm
Date
second half of the 1st century A.D.
Period
Early Imperial Period (1st century)
Material
marble analysis; Luna marble
Iconography
male head; wreath; god
Production place
Roman Empire
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4822
ID
Hyp-3895
References
Hekler 1929, 118, no. 109

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the sculpture was made of Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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