Museum/Current place of storage: |
Sparta, Archaeological Museum. |
Inv. no: |
- |
Dimensions: |
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Material: |
H. 0,30m. |
Findspot: |
Laconia (the exact findspot is unknown). |
Original Display Location: |
Unknown. |
Date: |
2nd c. CE (Tod - Wace 1906, 181, cat. no. 469). |
Statuary Type (body) : |
- |
Mode of Self-Representation (head): |
Generic classicistic coiffure and idealized face (non vidi). |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Unknown. |
Inscribed Base: |
Νο |
Author: |
Panagiotis Konstantinidis |
Added: |
2024-09-18 |
Edited: |
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Description - Comments:
The back and top part of the inset head is not preserved. It sports fat cheeks, and moderately deep-set eyes. The ear-lobes bore holes for the insertion of earrings. The hair is parted at the top of the forehead and combed in waves towards the back of the head. Ordinary idealized features. According to M.N. Tod and A.J.B. Wace its identification as a portrait is not certain. Non vidi.
Bibliography:
H. Dressel, A. Milchhoefer, “Die antiken Kunstwerke aus Sparta und Umgebung”, ΑΜ 2 (1877), no. 164; M.N. Tod, A.J.B. Wace, A Catalogue of the Sparta Museum, Oxford 1906, 181, cat. no. 469.