SculptureRoman1st century BCE-1st century CE

Part of a Head of a Bearded God, Archaistic and Neo-Attic type

c. 31 BCE-69 CE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Pentelic marble

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9 cm (3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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