Subject
Bearded head belonging to an artifact, later used as building stone.
Accession number 22.M322-2.179.
White marble, relief sculpture with engraving.
Preserved max. height cm 38.5; min. depth cm 3.5 – max. cm 5. Letters cm 2.7 – 2.9.
Incomplete and fragmentary.
Last quarter of 3rd cent. A.D.
Provenance
Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella, 3rd mile of the Via Appia Antica
Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park (storage)
Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)
References
Dario Canino, Testa barbata in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 365-366.
