World Museum 59.148.196: Head of Alexander Severus
Modern Publication(s): J. Fejfer, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2. The Roman Male Portraits (1997), no. 38.
Brief description: Fragment of over-life-size head restored on modern bust.
Attributes
Inscription Type: Graffito
Object Type: Head
Material: White Marble
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Provenance: {{{Fundort}}}
Date: Ashmole's view that the graffito was of the seventh century AD
Dimensions: H. 0.65m; height of ancient part 0.28m; height from chin to hairline: 0.21m.
Layout: Graffito on right cheek
Writing: Inscribed
Condition: Restored in the eighteenth century by Cavaceppi.
Decoration: Portrait bust
Collection
Location: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)
Collector: Henry Blundell; bought from Cavaceppi.
Date collected: Donated to National Museums Liverpool by Joseph Weld in 1959.
Accession or catalogue number: National Museums Liverpool (World Museum), 59.148.196.
Translation
APEA? (or AREA?)
Bibliography
Ashmole, A Catalogue of the Ancient Marbles at Ince Blundell Hall (Oxford, 1929) p. 75 no. 196
H. Blundell, An Account of the Statues, Busts, Bass-relieves, Cinerary Urns, and Other Ancient Marbles, and Paintings, at Ince (Liverpool, 1803), p 215
J. Fejfer, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2 (1997), no. 38.
A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 196)
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Image(s)
This image copyright National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)
See also Fejfer, Plates 75-76 no. 38