Currently not on view
Plaster head of an athlete(?),
2nd century BCE–1st century CE
Roman
Hellenistic or Early Roman
2000-120
Information
Title
Plaster head of an athlete(?)
Dates
2nd century BCE–1st century CE
Medium
Gypsum plaster (plaster of Paris)
Dimensions
h. 24.9 cm., w. 16.8 cm., d. 11.6 cm. (9 13/16 x 6 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2000-120
Place Excavated
Turkey, Seleucia
Culture
Period
Excavated by the Princeton-led team at Antioch-on-the-Orontes, present-day Antakya, Turkey, 1931-1939; with the Museum since 1939
- Richard Stillwell, ed., Antioch-on-the-Orontes III: the excavations 1937–1939, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1941)., cat. no. 83; pl. 30
- J. Michael Padgett, ed., Roman sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 2001)., cat. no. 57
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 2000," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 60 (2001): p. 66-93., pp. 80–81 (illus.)
