Head of a river-god
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Head of a male foreigner ('barbarian') from a relief

Head of a man from an Attic funerary monument

Classification
funerary statue
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 23 cm, width: 16.5 cm, depth: 19.1 cm
Date
350–340 B.C.
Period
Classical Period (480–323)
Material
marble analysis; Pentelic marble
Iconography
male head
Production place
Athens
Findspot
Athens?
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Preyss, Adolf
Inventory
4126
ID
Hyp-4029
References
Hekler 1929, 32, no. 33; Braun 1966, 38, 43, pl. 6, 2; Bergemann 1997, 169, no. 448

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 statue was made of Pentelic marble. Click here for the detailed results.

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