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[Agora Object] S 1319: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

A large piece missing at the back and left. Nose and mouth battered, ears chipped. Along the break, from the top of the head, is a vertical pinhole with traces of iron stain. The wear on front and back ... Early Flavian period.

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[Agora Object] S 1631: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Intact save for end of nose and ancient chip from right ear and recent chips from hair and left ear. Socket for fitting into body rough-picked; carried up high in back of neck. Hair in marked waves above ... Julio-Claudian period ... Thompson's account attached to the card: Found in the S.E. corner of the east stoa of the Commercial Agora, immediately north of the Church of the Holy Apostles, in a level of the second half of the 3rd c. A.D. The head is worked with a short tenon for insertion in a draped statue. ... The head is that of a young woman, slightly turned to the proper right; the widely opened eyes and the slightly parted lips give an alert expression. ... Leica, LIII-53, LIII-54, LIII-55, color slide