Fragment of a man's head from Palmyra

Culture
Dimensions
height: 15.3 cm
Date
end of the 2nd century A.D.
Iconography
Findspot
Inventory
53.31
ID
Hyp-6873
References
Frel, in BullMusHong 16 (1960), 44–46, 122, no. 6; Kádár, in AntTan 2 (1955), 108–110, fig. 5; Kádár, in ActaAntHun 3 (1955), 116–117, fig. 5

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 statue was made of Palmyrene limestone. Click here for the detailed results.