Plinth inscription bearing the name "G(aius) Marius Hermogenes"Varna Regional History Museum
Posted on 10/23/2024 10:48:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Sofia Globe reports that a larger-than-life Roman statue dated to the second or third century A.D. was uncovered during construction work near the coast of the Black Sea, outside the walls of the ancient city of Odessos. The white marble figure depicts a middle-aged man with a short beard. His right hand is missing, and there is some damage to the face. A Greek engraving on the statue's plinth names "G[aius] Marius Hermogenes," who is shown wearing a toga and holding a scroll, which are both symbols of Roman authority. The statue has been transferred to the Archaeological Museum in Varna, where it will be cleaned and restored.
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Plinth inscription bearing the name "G(aius) Marius Hermogenes"Varna Regional History Museum
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Hermogenes?...........
Do these Hermogenes make me look fat?...............
;^)
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If you should get to Baltimore, the Walters is a beautiful museum.
Incredible.
Tis better to Hermogenes than homogenize
What is it about noses?
They tend to fall off. A lot more fiddling during the sculpting to get the nose just right means there’s some fragility.
Remarkable likeness! :^)
Thanks!
I’m just not sure how they know it’s a Roman marble as opposed to Persion marble or Egyption marble.
Yeah, that’s a dilemma.
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