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Hollow cast bronze bust. Long haired man with rounded winged crown. Almond shaped eyes double outlined, pupil dot visible on right. Faintly visible mouth topped by a long curving moustache. The beard is in two parts: a raised tripart under lower lip, and a semi-circle decorated with three horizontal ladder-like bands. Circles in front of the ears may indicate sideburns. Kidney shaped ears bear tear-drop earrings. He has shoulder length hair in the form of vertical ladders, side curls above the ears and a slight band under the crown. Decor: crown in the form of round helmet with one crenelated wing intact on right. Knob upper front, flat top with central hole. Double stranded necklace with two pendants, V-necked garment, dotted circles on the V, whorls on the shoulders, and vertical ridges (folds?) from mid chest down. Chest tapers sharply to the socle from rounded shoulders. Crown rests on band with dotted circles ending center back in wide area engraved with bow with two pleated ribbons falling to mid back.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Bust.
Description:
Hollow cast bronze bust.
Long haired man with rounded winged crown.
Almond shaped eyes double outlined, pupil dot visible on right.
Faintly visible mouth topped by a long curving moustache.
The beard is in two parts: a raised tripart under lower lip, and a semi-circle decorated with three horizontal ladder-like bands.
Circles in front of the ears may indicate sideburns.
Kidney shaped ears bear tear-drop earrings.
He has shoulder length hair in the form of vertical ladders, side curls above the ears and a slight band under the crown.
Decor: crown in the form of round helmet with one crenelated wing intact on right.
Knob upper front, flat top with central hole.
Double stranded necklace with two pendants, V-necked garment, dotted circles on the V, whorls on the shoulders, and vertical ridges (folds?) from mid chest down.
Chest tapers sharply to the socle from rounded shoulders.
Crown rests on band with dotted circles ending center back in wide area engraved with bow with two pleated ribbons falling to mid back.

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