Votive Head of Man

Title: Votive Head of Man
Inventory Number: A0202
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Capua
From Date: -199
To Date: -100
Description: Mouldmade head with himation pulled tight against crown and falling down both sides behind barely articulated ears; hair mass at forehead indicated by two horizontal bands one across forehead with short incisions indicating strands, behind which raised edge, ? fillet or crown, behind which raised edge with irregular surface extending to edge of veil; eyes under bulging brows articulated by raised edges, nose roughly modeled at attachment to face, thick lips.
State of Preservation: Broken off at neck; surface generally worn.
Height: 7.68 cm
Width: 4.55 cm
Color: Clay body 7.5YR 7/4 (pink).
Type: terracotta
Material: fired clay