Fragment of a man's head from Palmyra
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Fragment of a relief: male head

Fragment of a relief: male head

Classification
relief
Dimensions
height: 18.5 cm
Period
post-antique
Material
marble analysis; Parian marble, lychnites
Iconography
male head
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Enyedi, Lukács Collection
Inventory
56.80.1.A
ID
Hyp-6956
References
Türr 1984, no. H 6

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 fragment was made of Parian (Paros-Marathi) marble. Click here for the detailed results.
 

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