Cast of the portrait head of a priest, from Aphrodisias
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Details
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Title
Cast of the portrait head of a priest, from Aphrodisias
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Associated place
Aphrodisias (Found in 1963 in the orchestra of the bouleuterion in Aphrodisias, Turkey) (find spot of original) -
Date
2001 - 2002 -
Material and technique
plaster
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
45 cm estimated (height) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Association of Friends of Aphrodisias Trust, 2002.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 14 | Cast Gallery -
Museum department
Cast Gallery
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Accession no.
CG.H.59
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Catalogue text
Head from statue of a priest of Aphrodite, wearing crown with
miniature busts of Aphrodite, Helios and Selene. Added paint is
believed to have served to set off the schematised hair from the face.
The head probably belongs to the statue of a fully dressed standing
male, also found behind the bouleuterion (Aphrodisias Museum inv.
72-440; see Hallet in Smith below).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)
