Anonymous (Syria) - Head
Found during excavations at the Syrian mount of Sheikh Sa’ad, led by Bedřich Hrozný in 1924. Published in: Jan Bouzek (ed.), Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Czech Republic I – Roman Sculpture from Syria and Asia Minor in Czech Collections, Prague 1999, p. 10, SS 6; Jan Bouzek, Classical Art in Czech Collections, Praha 2010, p. 98, n. 401; Šárka Velhartická (ed.), Bedřich Hrozný a 100 let chetitologie / and 100 Years of Hittitology, Praha 2015, n. II.
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measurements: height 20 cm
material: basalt
inventory number: Vp 2245
gallery collection: Collection of Asian and African Art