Inv. Scu 380 The portrait, set on a modern bust, features a young woman with the head slightly turned to right. The wide eyes, with irises and pupils incised, are surmounted by heavy eyelids and continuous eyebrows; the mouth is…
Collocation
Female statue
Inv. Scu 647 Female portrait on a peplos statue. The statue does not belong to the head, and integration of the snake and patera, which lead to identify the statue with Hygieia, are also arbitrary. The body of the female…
Herm of Athena
Inv. Scu 567 The herm features Athena; the goddess wears a close-fitting helmet decorated in the centre with a gorgoneion. The bust is clad with a thin chiton. The wavy hair, parted in the middle, is tied back on the…
Male portrait
Inv. Scu 699 The portrait, set on a non-pertinent, though ancient bust, features a middle-aged man with the head briskly turned to left. The age of the man is suggested by the wrinkles crossing the forehead and running to either…
Bearded herm
Inv. Scu 395 The bearded herm, featuring an unidentifiable divinity, wears a triangular diadem fastened by a broad band (tenia) with flaps falling on the shoulders. A pair of short horns protrude from above the forehead, partly hidden by the…
Portrait of a woman
Inv. Scu 336 The bust features a young woman; the eyes have iris and pupil incised. The hair is parted in the middle and arranged in wavy locks tied back in a knot at the nape; this is typical of…
Male bust
Inv. Scu 354 Male bust, cut off at the chest. The portrai features a young man with the head turned to the right. The face, full of vigour, is characterized by slanting eyes and thin, tight lips. The hair neatly…
Male ideal head
Inv. Scu 341 This male ideal head is heavily restored, the only ancient part being the area of the face, with part of the neck, and the curls at the height of the temples. The helmet in grey marble is…
Double veiled herm
Inv. Scu 365 The double veiled herm shows identical faces on either side; the juvenile physiognomy of the faces is scarcely characterized (with the exception of the fleshy lips, with side dimples) and it is difficult to define the gender…
Male bust
Inv. Scu 351 The male bust, cut off at the height of the chest, originally was inserted in a statue. The portrait features an elderly man as suggested by the wrinkles on the forehead, between nose and lips and on…