Cast of a portrait head of Attalos I as a dynast, from Pergamon
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Details
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Title
Cast of a portrait head of Attalos I as a dynast, from Pergamon
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Associated place
Turkey (Found in wall on the south slope of the acropolis of Pergamon, Turkey.) (find spot of original) -
Date
2001 - 2005 -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
40 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 2005.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 14 | Cast Gallery -
Museum department
Cast Gallery
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Accession no.
CG.H.69
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Catalogue text
Head of Attalos I of Pergamon, without diadem, before he became
king. The head was prepared to receive separately added hair and a
diadem. See C 70.In: Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
Further reading
Frederiksen, Rune, and R.R.R. Smith, The Cast Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2011)
