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Description:

Terracotta head of a bearded man, probably from the figure of a man once set upon the roof of a temple. The style shows the influence of Athenian sculpture of the later decades of the fifth century BC.
The head has broken away from a statue modelled in the round. Thick, curling hair bound by a tubular diadem, around which locks of hair have been brushed upwards, coiling tightly. At the back, the diadem is completely concealed by the falling, waving locks of hair. Spring-like ringlets of hair fall in front and behind the ears, better modelled and preserved on the proper right side. Short, small ears are slightly compressed by the top of the diadem. The beard is modelled with gentle waves and coils even on the underside.
The face is powerfully modelled, despite being mostly concealed by the moustache and beard. The skin is tight over the underlying muscle and bone and the cheeks are well-defined, surrounding the deeply set preserved right eye. The eye is small, its lower lid rising sharply towards the tear duct. The iris is sharply defined, the pupil indicated with a sharp point. The lower lip juts out from the thick moustache, the gap between the lips deeply engraved.

British Museum Object Record