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Source Description

Carved in full relief; this male head is from a large basin, from a frieze of very thick stone. He wears a diadem and has a long beard and no neck.

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Document identity
localId
37771
label
Silenos
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
37771
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Silenos
description
Carved in full relief; this male head is from a large basin, from a frieze of very thick stone. He wears a diadem and has a long beard and no neck.
provenance
Edgar J. Banks [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Hamadan]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
248 BCE-226 CE (Parthian)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20
height
12.6
depth
12.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 7/8 x W: 4 15/16 x D: 5 1/16 in. (20 x 12.6 x 12.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Parthian
med
gray stone
creator_ids
6747
4032
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0bc41e8ca0eb9a73