Portrait head of a boy
FindspotAssos (Behramkale), Troad, Anatolia (Turkey)
Medium/TechniqueCrystalline marble from the northern Greek islands or from western Asia Minor
Dimensions16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession number84.35
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ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); necropolis. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 15, 1884.
5th century
about A.D. 51–52 or later
2nd–1st century B.C.
about second half of the 3rd century A.D.
Later 1st–2nd century A.D.
early 1st century A.D.
3rd–4th century A.D.
second or first century (after 166) B.C.
about 480 B.C.