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| Inventory Number: | S 3406 | |
| Section Number: | ΒΖ 7 | |
| Title: | Head of Asklepios | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | Battered bearded male head, broken at neck. Long hair held in place by circular fillet on back of head; part of second fillet preserved on forehead. Just below head, drill marks clearly visible on hair and head. Placement and carving of eyes asymmetrical; seems to be looking up. Nose and mustache battered. Hair on top and back of head extending down to break. Shallowly carved and fairly flat. White marble. | |
| Conservation Status: | Finished | |
| Context: | South of modern mill wall and curved late Roman wall. Layer III A, Bucket 37. | |
| Notebook Page: | 861 | |
| Negatives: | 90-30-4, 90-30-5, 90-30-6, 90-30-7, 90-30-8 | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.222; P.W. 0.174; Th. 0.15 | |
| Date: | 1 August 1989 | |
| Section: | ΒΖ | |
| Grid: | I/19-2/14 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 87 (2018), no. 32, pp. 600-601, figs. 20, 23. | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 87 (2018) Images (8) Card: S 3406 |
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