Gallery Title
Gallery Title
Roman head
Accession Number KILLM : 2000.316
Description
A Roman carved marble head, mounted on a wood base, either late 1st century AD or a later copy, representing Bacchus or Dionysis, wearing a very large vine leaf wreath, the back / top of the head is perculiarly smooth and rounded by wear
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This carved marble head of Bacchus likely dates from the 1st century AD although it may possibly be a later copy, the God is shown wearing a large vine wreath and is mounted on a wooden base. Bacchus was the Roman name for the God the Greeks knew as Dionysis, he represented amongst things: wine, merry making, the theatre and the grape harvest.
Creation Date
100 AD
Material
marble
Department
Lynn Museum
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