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'''Modern Publication(s):''' {{{Pub}}}
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'''Modern Publication(s):''' J. Fejfer, ''The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2'' (1997), bo. 38.
  
'''Brief description:''' {{{Summary}}}
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'''Brief description:''' Fragment of over-life-size head restored on modern bust.
  
  
 
== Attributes ==
 
== Attributes ==
  
'''Inscription Type:''' {{{Type}}}
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'''Inscription Type:''' Graffito
  
'''Object Type:''' {{{Object}}}
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'''Object Type:''' Head
  
'''Material:''' {{{Material}}}
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'''Material:''' White Marble
  
 
'''Original Location:''' {{{Standort}}}
 
'''Original Location:''' {{{Standort}}}
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'''Provenance:''' {{{Fundort}}}
 
'''Provenance:''' {{{Fundort}}}
  
'''Date:''' {{{InscriptionDate}}}
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'''Date:''' Ashmole's view that the graffito was of the seventh century AD
  
'''Dimensions:''' {{{Dimensions}}}
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'''Dimensions:''' H 0.65m; height of ancient part 0.28m; height from chin to hairline: 0.21m.
  
'''Layout:''' {{{Layout}}}
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'''Layout:''' Graffito on right cheek
  
'''Writing:''' {{{Writing}}}
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'''Writing:''' Inscribed
  
'''Condition:''' {{{Condition}}}
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'''Condition:''' Restored in the eighteenth century by Cavaceppi.
  
'''Decoration:''' {{{Decoration}}}
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'''Decoration:''' Portrait bust
  
  
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'''Location:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)  
 
'''Location:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)  
  
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'''Collector:''' Henry Blundell; bought from Cavaceppi
  
'''Date collected:''' {{{CollectionDate}}}
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'''Date collected:''' Donated to National Museums Liverpool by Joseph Weld in 1959.
  
 
'''Accession or catalogue number:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum), 59.148.196
 
'''Accession or catalogue number:''' National Museums Liverpool (World Museum), 59.148.196
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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H. Blundell, Account, p 215
  
 
A. Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles in Great Britain'' (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 372)
 
A. Michaelis, ''Ancient Marbles in Great Britain'' (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 372)
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[[File:59.148.196View2.jpg]]
 
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See also Fejfer, Plates 75-76 no. 38

Revision as of 12:53, 13 May 2014


Modern Publication(s): J. Fejfer, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture volume 1: The Portraits - part 2 (1997), bo. 38.

Brief description: Fragment of over-life-size head restored on modern bust.


Attributes

Inscription Type: Graffito

Object Type: Head

Material: White Marble

Original Location: {{{Standort}}}

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

H. Blundell, Account, p 215

A. Michaelis, Ancient Marbles in Great Britain (Cambridge, 1882), p. 372 (Ince Blundell, no. 372)

Web Links

{{{URLs}}}


Image(s)

This image copyright National Museums Liverpool (World Museum)

59.148.196View2.jpg

See also Fejfer, Plates 75-76 no. 38