Roman, Augustean, last quarter of the first century BCE, made of marble, from Ephesus, repurposed in the Byzantine wall on the Pion Hill (Panayır Dağ)
Depicted turning vigorously to the side, this head of a man aged around fifty was designed to be inserted into a toga statue. It has some distinctive features combining a high forehead and thinning central parting, hollow cheeks, pointy chin, and aquiline nose. Informed by likenesses of Julius Caesar, and the Late Republican's repertoire of virtues, such portraits were very popular; the larger than life statue may depict the owner of one of the villas situated on Panayır Dağ.
| Creator: | Izabela Miszczak |
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| Added: | 2019-09-13 18:26:37 |
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