| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1088 | |
| Title: | PORTRAIT HEAD: NERO | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1088 | |
| Description: | Portrait head, life-sized, broken at neck; head turned slightly to proper r; veil over head folded several times, forming small omega-fold at center top, hanging down on either side of face; hair gathered in short curling locks over forehead with two opposing locks on either side of central part curving outward; small side locks of hair in front of ears; short locks down nape of neck; wispy beard on cheeks and underside of chin; broad forehead, sharp brow ridges; large deep-set eyes with prominent upper lids, upper extending well beyond lower lid, pupils not incised; long boney nose; straight mouth; large ears protruding from head; skin surface very finely smoothed and lightly polished; some rasp marks visible at edges; drill work in drapery; back roughly worked with flat chisel; variously identified as Tiberius, Caligula, Drusus son of Germanicus, Agrippa Postumus, Drusus son of Tiberius, Nero. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment, head and neck; veil broken at sides near ear level; well-preserved surface. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.25 (head) H00.182 (face) W00.04 (inner eyes) W00.10 (outer corners eyes) W00.05 (mouth) H00.085 (ears) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.38 | |
| Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | mid-1st century A.D. | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Context: | NB75 P226 | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 1921 P248-265 PLVIII-IX; AA 1921 P338; AJA 1926 P158-169; Corinth IX N137; AJA 1975 P118 N26; Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art PP194 F123; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981 P433; DeGrazia N013; Fittschen, "I Ritratti di Germanico," Germanico P217 F44.4; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: Julian Basilica Images (21) Basket: NB75 P226 Notebook Page: NB 75, spread 19 (pp. 226 - 227) |
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