Statue
MS1120
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1120 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Date Made | 50-99 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Basalt |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Scipio Africanus | Priest Of Isis | Isis |
| Description | Top part of a man's head. The shaven head and small x-shaped scar over the right eye identify the man as a priest of the goddess Isis. The x-shape, representative of a sign for life, was a symbol of the man's devotion to the goddess. |
| Height | 15.24 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.78 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number | 126 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number | E17689 - Other Number |
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