Head of an Athlete

1st century BCE-1st century CE (Late Hellenistic-Roman Imperial)

8.7 cm 12.5 cm 10.8 cm

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This small head is unusual for the shape of its skull, which transforms from a weathered and poorly defined mound on the top into defined locks of twisted hair down the back of the head and neck. The skull is hairless on either side of the asymmetrical crest. The forehead rece...

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7063
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sculpture
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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7
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