DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Marina el-Alamein: excavations 1998
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41273#0052
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
fixed on rectangular wooden wedges
inserted in the drums.9) This particular
technique reminds us of the procedures
used in Hellenistic sculpture in
Alexandria. Many marble heads were com-
pleted with stucco in a similar way, espe-
cially with regard to the hair and back part
of the head.10)
9) I would like to thank conservator Mr. Piotr Zambrzycki for his valuable remarks on the technical aspects of the execu-
tion.
10) Cf. for instance the head of a Late Ptolemaic king [in:] H. Kyrieleis, Bildnisse der Ptolemaer (Berlin 1975), pp. 71 and
175, Taf. 64.
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EGYPT
fixed on rectangular wooden wedges
inserted in the drums.9) This particular
technique reminds us of the procedures
used in Hellenistic sculpture in
Alexandria. Many marble heads were com-
pleted with stucco in a similar way, espe-
cially with regard to the hair and back part
of the head.10)
9) I would like to thank conservator Mr. Piotr Zambrzycki for his valuable remarks on the technical aspects of the execu-
tion.
10) Cf. for instance the head of a Late Ptolemaic king [in:] H. Kyrieleis, Bildnisse der Ptolemaer (Berlin 1975), pp. 71 and
175, Taf. 64.
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