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[Agora Object] S 586: Herm Portrait: Inscribed

Completely preserved except for phallus. The top of the head is flat and rough-picked, and was probably originally finished with stucco. Realistic portrait of an elderly man, the lines and folds of flesh ... Period of Hadrian ... The inscription reads: Μοιραγενησ Δρο μοκλεουσ εκ Κοιλησ επωνυμοσ Ιππο θωντιδοσ φυλησ ADDENDA Cf. the Moiragenes on the basis of the choregic monument in honor of Philopappos 87/8 A.D., illustrated in Graindor (1931), Athenes de Tibere a Trajan, fig. 4, in almost identical letters (note by BC).