Subject
Fragment of relief with female portrait head turned three quarter to the left.
Accession number 22.M322-2.215.
White fine-grained marble; sculptural technique.
Height cm 28.5; base width cm 19.5; depth cm 9.
Very washed away and damaged surface; the relief is hardly legible.
Half of 1st 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
A. Ambrogi, Frammento di rilievo con testa-ritratto femminile in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 318-319.
