Athena Head from Alexandria

Marble Head of Athena from Alexandria
H. 30.0; W. 24.0; Th. 16.0 cm. Purchased in Cairo. 2nd century BCE. Univ. Museum MS 4026, Pennsylvania.

• The back of the sculpture seems deliberately cut and at least one rectangular hole looks ancient. This suggests that the head once formed part of a relief.
• Given its size, the unfinished appearance of the top of the helmet, and the foreshortening evident in its execution, the head may have been part of a sculpted pediment group, perhaps originally set up in Alexandria.

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