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SALA DEI MONUMENTI ARCAICI 32-34
Nat., Babelon-Blanchet no. 866 ; (6) portrait bust on the sarcophagus
of yzz/z'^ VAz'A^rz'zzj(A'zzA. (Aw;, i (1873), pl- 1^- P- 263); (7) satyr's
head of black marble placed on a statue of the same material in Munich
(Furtwangler, Aw (?yyzbzA<A, no. 466, where head and body are
said to belong, which seems doubtful). All the examples, with the
possible exception of the satyr's head, appear to be works of the third
century A. D. According to F. Hauser in y2/5r<?.sAy%? ix (1906), p. 126,
the lock of hair stands as y%7w yz*o A/o for the hair; cf. also Pinza in
AAxwrzi? Abcziz/A 6A^r<3/z<r<3 Azz/zhzzzz, vii (1898), pp. 347 ff.
Found in 1873 on the Via Fatina, and presented by Baron Hueffer
and Comm. Silvestrelli.
2?M/Y. Cczzz. vii (1879), P- 243, no. 9, and p. 269; ix (1881), pp. 33 ff., pi. 2,
nos. 1, 2 ; Paribeni, ah' AhAa <s 4z p. 216; A. A. A. A. iv, p. 67.
- 33. TRIPLE-BODIED HECATE (pi. 83).
H. -72 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in marble) : lower part of torch in one
r. hand. The heads, and all the hands except the one with the torch, have been
broken and refastened with plaster.
The three figures stand as usual back to back on a round base.
They are dressed in zAz'A72<?j with overfall to the hips, girt high under the
breasts, and wear shoes; they each have different ornaments in their hair
(1) a crescent with lotus-leaf; (2) a four-rayed crown round a Phrygian
cap; (3) a wreath of corn-ears. Each hand held an attribute, but only
one, the torch, is preserved. Judging from the remains the figures con-
formed to the ordinary late Hellenistic type, like the bronze figures
upstairs ((Az//. Azy. iii, no. 1). We may restore the crescent-crowned
figure with two torches (as Hecate, guardian of the underworld), the corn-
crowned one with a sword and a snake, and the third with a key and
a rope. The weight rests on each 1. foot, the r. knees being slightly
bent; the hair is waved back behind the ears, leaving a thick lock to fall
on each shoulder.
Indifferent work of the later Antonine period. The crescent and
lotus-flower denote an affinity with Isis, while the Phrygian cap and
radiate crown are derived from Mithras.
Aw. 1692 (in Room g), 1729 (in Room 4); Tofanelli (1818), ii, p. 38, no. 13
(Stanza della Lupa, Room 3).
34. HEAD OF A ROMAN LADY (pi. 86).
H. .26 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in plaster): tip of nose, small patches
on 1. cheek and braid of hair.
The head is that of a young woman. The pupils of the eyes are
marked by a bean-shaped depression enclosed in an incised arc. Her
hair is gathered back, and brought up over the crown in a broad braid,
while the forehead is surrounded by a series of little curls. This
mode came into fashion in the time of Alexander Severus. The head
resembles portraits of Herennia Etruscilla, with whose date the workman-
ship also agrees.
Poor work, much rubbed.
Provenance unknown.
SALA DEI MONUMENTI ARCAICI 32-34
Nat., Babelon-Blanchet no. 866 ; (6) portrait bust on the sarcophagus
of yzz/z'^ VAz'A^rz'zzj(A'zzA. (Aw;, i (1873), pl- 1^- P- 263); (7) satyr's
head of black marble placed on a statue of the same material in Munich
(Furtwangler, Aw (?yyzbzA<A, no. 466, where head and body are
said to belong, which seems doubtful). All the examples, with the
possible exception of the satyr's head, appear to be works of the third
century A. D. According to F. Hauser in y2/5r<?.sAy%? ix (1906), p. 126,
the lock of hair stands as y%7w yz*o A/o for the hair; cf. also Pinza in
AAxwrzi? Abcziz/A 6A^r<3/z<r<3 Azz/zhzzzz, vii (1898), pp. 347 ff.
Found in 1873 on the Via Fatina, and presented by Baron Hueffer
and Comm. Silvestrelli.
2?M/Y. Cczzz. vii (1879), P- 243, no. 9, and p. 269; ix (1881), pp. 33 ff., pi. 2,
nos. 1, 2 ; Paribeni, ah' AhAa <s 4z p. 216; A. A. A. A. iv, p. 67.
- 33. TRIPLE-BODIED HECATE (pi. 83).
H. -72 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in marble) : lower part of torch in one
r. hand. The heads, and all the hands except the one with the torch, have been
broken and refastened with plaster.
The three figures stand as usual back to back on a round base.
They are dressed in zAz'A72<?j with overfall to the hips, girt high under the
breasts, and wear shoes; they each have different ornaments in their hair
(1) a crescent with lotus-leaf; (2) a four-rayed crown round a Phrygian
cap; (3) a wreath of corn-ears. Each hand held an attribute, but only
one, the torch, is preserved. Judging from the remains the figures con-
formed to the ordinary late Hellenistic type, like the bronze figures
upstairs ((Az//. Azy. iii, no. 1). We may restore the crescent-crowned
figure with two torches (as Hecate, guardian of the underworld), the corn-
crowned one with a sword and a snake, and the third with a key and
a rope. The weight rests on each 1. foot, the r. knees being slightly
bent; the hair is waved back behind the ears, leaving a thick lock to fall
on each shoulder.
Indifferent work of the later Antonine period. The crescent and
lotus-flower denote an affinity with Isis, while the Phrygian cap and
radiate crown are derived from Mithras.
Aw. 1692 (in Room g), 1729 (in Room 4); Tofanelli (1818), ii, p. 38, no. 13
(Stanza della Lupa, Room 3).
34. HEAD OF A ROMAN LADY (pi. 86).
H. .26 m. Pentelic marble. Restored (in plaster): tip of nose, small patches
on 1. cheek and braid of hair.
The head is that of a young woman. The pupils of the eyes are
marked by a bean-shaped depression enclosed in an incised arc. Her
hair is gathered back, and brought up over the crown in a broad braid,
while the forehead is surrounded by a series of little curls. This
mode came into fashion in the time of Alexander Severus. The head
resembles portraits of Herennia Etruscilla, with whose date the workman-
ship also agrees.
Poor work, much rubbed.
Provenance unknown.