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Head of a man from an Attic funerary monument

Head of a river-god

Classification
sculpture / statue; statue
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 13.8 cm
Date
1st century A.D.
Period
Early Imperial Period (1st century)
Material
marble analysis; Göktepe marble
Iconography
river god / river personification; male head
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
4801
ID
Hyp-3906
References
Hekler 1929, 144–145, no. 137

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 Göktepe marble. Click here for the detailed results.
 

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