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that of the hair and beard exceedingly elaborate. Upon the whole
this monument is in excellent preservation; the nose has been re-
stored ; the head has been broken off across the neck, but has been
replaced upon its own bust; the drapery is deeply and skilfully
wrought, but, as some parts were consequently very thin and easily
damaged, some reparation has been needful, and the right shoulder,
below the fibula, is modern.
Septimius Severus was born in Africa of Roman parents ; he died
at York in the year 211 A. D. after a severe illness at the age of
sixty-six. This bust was found in the year 1776 on the Palatine
Hill, in the part of the Palace of the Csesars now occupied by the
Villa Magnani.
Height, exclusive of pedestal, 2 ft. 3 in.
that of the hair and beard exceedingly elaborate. Upon the whole
this monument is in excellent preservation; the nose has been re-
stored ; the head has been broken off across the neck, but has been
replaced upon its own bust; the drapery is deeply and skilfully
wrought, but, as some parts were consequently very thin and easily
damaged, some reparation has been needful, and the right shoulder,
below the fibula, is modern.
Septimius Severus was born in Africa of Roman parents ; he died
at York in the year 211 A. D. after a severe illness at the age of
sixty-six. This bust was found in the year 1776 on the Palatine
Hill, in the part of the Palace of the Csesars now occupied by the
Villa Magnani.
Height, exclusive of pedestal, 2 ft. 3 in.