Head from a Hellenistic or Greek Imperial funerary statue
FindspotAssos (Behramkale), Troad, Anatolia (Turkey)
Medium/TechniqueDolomitic marble from the Greek Island of Thasos
Dimensions26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession number84.64
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Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); published as the head of the statue on top of the tomb of Publius Varius Aquila. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 1884.
about 2nd century A.D. (after a Hellenistic Greek type)
about A.D. 200
about A.D. 120
second half of 2nd century A.D.
A.D. 120–140
A.D. 117–138, after a Greek original of about 450–430 B.C.
2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
about A.D. 180–210
about A.D. 140
A.D. 117–138
1st century A.D. (after a Hellenistic prototype)