Inv. Scu 2024 The man’s torso is turned slightly to the left. The details of his hair and beard have been lightly incised into the marble. While little time was taken with his hair, the rest of his features were…
Dating
Statue of Julia Domna
Inv. Scu 49 The statue of the Empress Julia Domna belongs to a portrait type known through about 40 examples. The Empress is wearing a long tunic and cloak that covers the figure from the head, where it serves as…
Mosaic
Inv. Antcom 4948 The mosaic represents Orestes, naked except for a cloak on his shoulder and with is back turned facing his sister Iphigenia dressed in priestly clothes and holding a statuette is in front of him. The scene depicts…
Statue of Athena
Inv. Scu 278 It is one of the numerous Roman copies of a statue of Athena made between the end of the 4th and 5th century BC, in which the goddess is wearing a long tunic (chiton) and a cloak;…
Head of a Boy: Gordiano III
Inv. Scu 995 This head, which is made of pentelic marble, is believed to represent a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. Many scholars identify him as Gordian III: the boy’s facial features and long neck are recognizable from…
Female statue without head
Inv. Scu 899 The matronly-proportioned female figure is wearing a long sleeveless tunic ( chiton) girded under the breasts and a cloak ( himation) that, with the edge resting on her left shoulder, falls obliquely down her back and is…
Statue of a young girl
Inv. Scu 1434 Smaller than life-size statue of a young girl, with a long robe (Doric peplos) that completely envelops her left arm. The right arm, instead, is missing. The work is sculpted in typical severan style (5th century BC).…
Statue of Goddess
Inv. Scu 231 Colossal statue of a deity identified as Demeter-Ceres on account of the pig’s hide, attribute of this goddess, which however is only rarely used in her iconography. The disproportions of the statue, such as the excessive width…
Colossal portrait of Augustus
Inv. Scu 230 The colossal-sized portrait does not belong to the body on which is mounted. It certainly represents Augustus, as it is clear from the facial features and the style of the curls on the forehead arranged in the…
Lower section of colossal statue
Inv. Scu 56 The fragmented colossal statue, usually interpreted as a female figure, could actually depict Apollo Citharoedus and therefore be integrated with a cithara on its left arm. As a matter of fact, the Doric peplos, which is typical…