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S 248: Head of Female Figure

Broken off just below the chin, the features largely worn away, the back both worn and broken. Head of over life-size figure. The hair is drawn down over the forehead in broad waves, covering the ears ... 4th c. A.D.

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S 880: Head of Male Figure from Relief

Broken at neck, nose smashed, otherwise complete except for chips. Head of a youth, facing. Small pursed lips, large ears. Hair coarsely rendered with short wavy strokes. Sharp line between hair and forehead ... Period of Trajan (?).

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S 586: Herm Portrait: Inscribed

Completely preserved except for phallus. The top of the head is flat and rough-picked, and was probably originally finished with stucco. Realistic portrait of an elderly man, the lines and folds of flesh ... Period of Hadrian

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S 749: Leg Fragment of Colossal Figure

Right leg from just below the knee to just above the ankle preserved, with the upper part of a boot ornamented with a lion's head. A short support, tree with berries on top, at right. Pentelic marble ... 117-138 A.D.

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S 356: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

Missing: upper part of left ear, edges of right ear, tip of nose, left side of neck at join. Mended from two adjoining pieces. The tenon is chipped and broken. The head is preserved from top to tenon, ... 10 B.C.-20 A.D.

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S 739: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

Nose broken away, a deep score in the forehead; surface much rubbed. Eyes, mouth, chin and ears damaged. Portrait of a man of mature years; the head turned slightly to the left, the hair close-cut and ... Middle of 1st c. B.C.

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S 1299: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

Complete except for chipped nose, and base. Draped bust, wearing tunic and cloak. An elderly man; the bald head has a close-clipped fringe of hair; the features are heavily lined. Point of juncture with ... Flavian period.

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S 1319: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

A large piece missing at the back and left. Nose and mouth battered, ears chipped. Along the break, from the top of the head, is a vertical pinhole with traces of iron stain. The wear on front and back ... Early Flavian period.

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S 220: Portrait Head Fragment of Female Figure

Upper part of much damaged head, over life-size. Back of head broken away. Remains of close set eyes and upper part of nose; spreading ears. Front hair waved, bordered at brow by row of flat ringlets ... Julio-Claudian period.

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S 359: Portrait Head Fragment of Female Figure

Chopped off behind and much battered, the features nearly gone. The high coiffure is Flavian, with rows of snail-shell curls in an erection over the forehead, drill holes in the center of each curl. Round ... Flavian period.

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S 931: Portrait Head Fragment of Female Figure

Much battered, top of head and all of face except corners of right eye and parts of cheek missing. Hair combed back from face in a roll and turned back in a broad band over the ears and across the top ... 4th c. A.D.

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S 224: Portrait Head Fragment of Male Figure

Crown of head, brow and eyes preserved, the hair brushed down over the forehead in long locks reaching nearly to the eyebrows. Fair work; probably broken from a high relief. Pentelic marble. Drilled for ... Early Antonine period.

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S 775: Portrait Head Fragment of Male Figure

Forehead with front of hair and parts of eyes only preserved. A late Roman portrait head, male, with no facial modeling, the hair in short flat wavy locks, with a well-defined line between the flesh and ... 4th century A.D.

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S 1134: Portrait Head Fragment of Male Figure

Broken on all sides; preserved from top of head to eyes. Male head wearing laurel-wreath crown. Pentelic marble. Joined to S 1531 (Π 815). Drilled for setting on base June 1950. Late fill. Leica, LXIII-38, ... 2nd quarter of 3rd c. A.D.

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S 1245: Portrait Head Fragment of Male Figure

Broken away above and behind. Preserved are the nose, mouth and chin of a life-sized bearded head. Back added from circled marbles in section Κ November 1953. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base ... Antonine period.

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S 479: Portrait Head Fragment of Male Figure ...

The back of the relief preserved; elsewhere broken. Mouth and chin missing. Bearded male head facing. The pupils hollowed out. Stained from the cesspool. White marble. Drilled for setting on base December ... Hadrianic or Antonine period (?).

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S 1287: Portrait Head of Boy

Nose, mouth and chin badly battered; eyes and ears somewhat chipped. Broken at top of neck. Head of a child or a youth, life-size. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base June 1950. Fill behind wall ... Julio-Claudian period.

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S 1307: Portrait Head of Boy

Broken off at base of neck; nose and chin battered; surface somewhat chipped. Head of a small boy, life-size, wearing a wreath. The hair close-cropped except for a scalp lock at the back. Pentelic marble, ... 2nd quarter of 3rd c. A.D.

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S 1312: Portrait Head of Boy

Broken at neck. Nose broken; ears and chin chipped; a slice missing from back of head; otherwise in good condition. Head of a young boy, life-size or slightly under, with short hair and a wreath about ... 3rd quarter of the 3rd c. A.D.

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S 258: Portrait Head of Female Figure from Relief

The back sliced off obliquely; the small head broken off at the top of the neck; nose and right side of forehead broken. Above the waving hair is preserved part of a headdress on which a rough ovolo pattern, ... Antonine period.

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S 336: Portrait Head of Female Figure

The back of the head was apparently attached separately as the head is cut off in a line running obliquely from a point directly above the ears to one on the back of the neck. There is a cutting for attachment ... 145-175 A.D.

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S 362: Portrait Head of Female Figure

In fine preservation. A portrait of a middle aged woman (Faustina the Younger ?) with rather severe features and with hair parted in the center and drawn down in waves to a chignon in the back, below which ... Ca. 162-166 A.D.

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S 525: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Nose, mouth and chin partly broken away and much battered. The hair is much worn. Back of the head and the bun were left unfinished; the ears, especially the right one, are only blocked out, and there ... Julio-Claudian period.

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S 584: Portrait Head of Female Figure from Relief

The head of a woman from a relief, apparently to be seen half-facing. Her hair is parted in the middle, and waved low on the forehead and temples. She is veiled, the veil being set well back, so that it ... Period of Trajan (?).

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S 801: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Over life-size. Broken off below the chin and the back; nose, mouth and chin battered. The wavy hair, parted in the center, is drawn down over the ears. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base June ... 145-175 A.D.

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S 805: Portrait Head of Female Figure from Relief

Broken off from a relief along its left side. Nose, mouth and chin battered. The hair is parted in the middle and tightly waved; it is drawn over the ears and covers the nape of the neck. Its surface is ... Julio-Claudian period.

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S 841: Portrait Head of Female Figure from ...

Battered, especially the nose and chin. A woman's head, her himation drawn up over her head. She is worn and thin in the face; her hair is barely indicated. Good work Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting ... 1st c. B.C.

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S 1237: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Complete except for chip from nose and parts of curls at neck. Life-size head made to set into a statue; the head turned slightly to the figure's right. The hair is parted in the middle and heavily waved ... 145-175 A.D.

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S 1268: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Broken off at neck, chipped at nose, mouth and chin, and considerably battered. Small female head, less than half life-size, her hair arranged in an elaborate Flavian style, made up of braids giving a ... Period of Trajan.

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S 1631: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Intact save for end of nose and ancient chip from right ear and recent chips from hair and left ear. Socket for fitting into body rough-picked; carried up high in back of neck. Hair in marked waves above ... Julio-Claudian period.

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S 270: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Nose missing. Surface somewhat worn and chipped. The bearded head made to set in to a separate body, with the neck terminating in a conical 'key' to fit into a socket. The man is bald, the hair at the ... 2nd century A.D.

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S 333: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Head of an unknown, middle aged man in a skullcap. The head is broken off at the base of the neck; most of the right ear, the end of the nose and the tip of the left ear are missing. Chips gone from the ... 1st c. B.C.

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S 335: Portrait Head of Male Figure

The head is considerably over life-size, broken off below the beard; the tip of the nose is missing, and the back of the head has a rectangular patch of hair (doweled on, with the dowel still in place) ... Early Antonine period.

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S 347: Portrait Head of Male Figure

The nose and chin have been considerably damaged. At the base of the neck, a roughly picked tongue indicates that the head was inserted into a separate body. Head, larger than life-size, perhaps of Trajan ... Flavian period.

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S 435: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken off at the neck; the nose broken and the ears badly chipped; the surface damaged. Close cropped curly hair and beard, the latter rising to a point under the lower lip. Traces of a mustache, the ... Ca. 250-260 A.D.

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S 517: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken off diagonally at the neck, from the right ear. A bearded male head, slightly larger than life-size. The nose is broken off; the eyes, very deep set and with pupils and iris incised, look up and ... Ca. 210-220 A.D.

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S 526: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken off at the base of the neck, where at the back are traces of a small tenon. Nose and chin broken; the mouth much battered; elsewhere considerably chipped. The head represents a bearded man, his ... Antonine period.

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S 564: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken at the middle of the neck. The end of the nose and part of the chin are missing. Edges of the eyebrows and ears chipped. The figure wears a laurel crown; the top of the head within it has a smooth ... Ca. 235-245 A.D.

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S 580: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Bearded head, broken away at the neck; the nose and piece of the left ear missing. Close cropped hair and beard in very low relief. The iris and pupil of the eyes are both indicated. The wrinkles on the ... Ca. 245-255 A.D.

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S 608: Portrait Head of Male Figure

The back smooth-dressed with small hole in the middle as if for attachment in a pediment. The nose and part of the chin chipped away, the rest of the surface corroded. The head is thrown back in a Scopadic ... 1st half of 1st c. B.C.