Cast of the head of Polis from the Zoilos Monument, Aphrodisias
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Title
Cast of the head of Polis from the Zoilos Monument, Aphrodisias
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Associated place
Aphrodisias (Stray find in 1961 from the Water Channel Area, Aphrodisias, Turkey) (find spot of original) -
Date
2001 - 2007 -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
25 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Cenan Camoglou, 2007.
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Museum location
Museum department
Cast Gallery
Accession no.
CG.H.84
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Catalogue text
Head of the goddess Polis, with mural crown. From the frieze of the
tomb monument of C. Julius Zoilos. The head belongs to an elaborately
draped figure identified by an inscription as the personified city
goddess Polis.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)
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