Medium: Green siltstone or greywacke
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:150-30 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 4 7/16 x 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (11.2 x 8.3 x 9.5 cm)
Collections:
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 62.2
Image: CUR.62.2_wwg8.jpg,West Wing gallery 8 installation
Catalogue Description: Green schist head of a man broken from a statue. Hair worked in a mass of conventionalized curls in Hellenistic style, matt finish, ears exposed. Face with individual features, apparently a portrait, deep set eyes, furrows from eyes and again from nose, skin areas polished. Minute section of back pillar remains. Condition: Nose broken, chipped above eyes, a few scattered marks. Upper lip and chin chipped.