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LSA-2365 Head and lower portion of statue of Hermes, re-carved from earlier statue. Messene (Achaea). Earlier fourth century










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Messene Province: Achaea Region: Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details: From a large Roman mansion near the city centre of Messene
Current Location: Messene museum inv. no. 264 (head), 258 (plinth with legs)
OBJECT
Object: Statue Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 32 (head); 52 (lower portion)
Attributes: other Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Hermes Position: Deities, Personifications and Heroes Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 310 Latest: 361
MAIN REFERENCE
Deligiannakis, G., Two Late-antique statues from Ancient Messene, The Annual of the British School at Athens 100, pp. 387-406, 2005, pp. 400-2pl. 14, 15, fig. 7

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