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25 Jul Veiled female head

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Title Veiled female head Content I.D. no: 21093 Dimensions: Max. H. 24.5 cm; H. of head 21 cm; Max. W. 18 cm. Material: Fine-grain white marble, with greyish patina. Provenance: From the Grand Harbour.[1] Current location: National Museum of Archaeology, Reserve Collection   Condition: The head is broken somewhat obliquely at the neck. It has...

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23 Jan Large head of Aphrodite

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Title Large head of Aphrodite   Content   I.D. no: 49811 Dimensions: Max. H. 39.5 cm; Max. W. 26 cm. Material: Fine-grain white marble. Provenance: Unknown Current location: National Museum of Archaeology, Reserve Collection   Condition: The smooth bottom surface of the neck suggests that the head was not broken off but was separately worked for attachment,...

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16 Jun Head of Bacchante

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I.D. no: 48917 Dimensions: H. 25 cm; Max. W. 19 cm Material: Coarse-grain white marble Provenance: Unknown Current location: Domvs Romana Museum, Rabat Condition: Broken off from its original statue at the neck, the head survives in very good condition. The break is oblique, slanting from above the nape at...

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13 Apr Portrait head of a young boy

I.D. no: 48949 Dimensions: Max. H. 16 cm; Max. W. 13 cm. Material: Medium-grain white marble with some greyish streaks of various thickness. Provenance: Unknown.[1] Current location: National Museum of Archaeology   Condition: The head is broken off more or less horizontally just below the chin, but a further large break...

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28 Nov Portrait head of Antoninus Pius

I.D. no: 100896 Dimensions: Total H. (including peg) 54 cm; H. (without peg) 45 cm; Max.W. 29 cm. Material: Fine-grain white marble (Cararra ?) with light-brown flaking patina. Provenance: Unknown Current location: National Museum of Archaeology   Condition: Though surviving whole, together with its long, cone-shaped peg below the neck, the...

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02 Aug Severan male portrait head

I.D. no: 35690 Dimensions: H. 23 cm; W. 17 cm Material: Fine-grain white marble Provenance: Unknown Current location: National Museum of Archaeology   Condition: The head was broken at the neck, just below the chin, and restored in plaster before 1970 (Bonanno 1971: 151). It is preserved in relatively good condition,...

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02 Aug Portrait head of a bald man

I.D. no: 35691 Dimensions: H. 24 cm; W. 19 cm Material: Coarse-grain white marble Provenance: Unknown Current location: National Museum of Archaeology   Condition: Only the head survives, and in a very bad state of preservation. Apart from the missing nose, and shattered right eye and eyebrow, lips and ears, the...

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02 Aug Fragmented male head

I.D. no: 35692 Dimensions: H. 36 cm; W. 25 cm Material: Fine-grain white marble. Pentelic (according to Ashby) Provenance: Unknown Current location: National Museum of Archaeology   Condition: The back and upper part of the head are missing with three large breaks that affect the cranium from above the forehead to...

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