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Source Description
This head was originally made for use as a counterweight, as indicated by traces of a ring projecting from the top. The finely worked portrait may represent a youthful Emperor Tiberius (reigned 14-37 CE).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16061
label
Counterweight with Bust of Tiberius (?)
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obj
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object
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8
Source metadata
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16061
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Counterweight with Bust of Tiberius (?)
description
This head was originally made for use as a counterweight, as indicated by traces of a ring projecting from the top. The finely worked portrait may represent a youthful Emperor Tiberius (reigned 14-37 CE).
provenance
Madame E. Warneck Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1905, p. 27, no. 168, pl. X [said to have been found at Boscoreale]; C. and E. Canessa, Rome and Paris, 1905, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Musueum, 1931, by bequest.
date
14-68 CE (Early Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Metal
weights
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8
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8
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
6
depth
5.3
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in. (9.5 x 6 x 5.3 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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bronze
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6191
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ROM
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2506
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