Roman — Roman; 3rd century
Sculpture, statue
A larger-than-life-sized head of a man in late middle age, with short, ‘pecked’ hair made from light chisel strokes, and furrowed brows. It may depict an emperor of the AD 200s, such as Philip I or Trajan Decius. However, since it was found reused with other funerary monuments, it may be the funerary portrait of a Londoner from that period.
It was found in 1876 among other broken funerary sculpture in a late-Roman bastion of the City wall at Camomile Street.
- Category:
- Roman
- Object ID:
- 3367
- Object name:
- sculpture, statue
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- Roman; 3rd century
- Material:
stone, Painswick stone, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 400 mm, W 190 mm, D 235 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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