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Bio: Classicist, theologian, bedroom house music DJ.

Half-face statue in the British Museum

January 14, 2008 6:04pm

@Saresponda, thanks! What a weird coincidence, as I uploaded for my BoingBoing user account icon a resized photo I took of some extant columns at Priene two years ago.

Half-face statue in the British Museum

January 13, 2008 5:42pm

@Saresponda, have you got a British Museum catalog number for it? I'd be interested to know of the provenance, etc., if you think it's Caesar.

Half-face statue in the British Museum

January 13, 2008 12:40pm

Cory, portrait busts from antiquity are ID'ed more often than you'd believe. I'm more of a philologist than a girl with a specialty in material culture, but from the lips of this guy, I'd wager it's Nero or one of his Ahenobarbus relatives.

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