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Marble Head of a Deity in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

Marble Head of a Deity in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007
Marble head of a Deity
Roman, Imperial period, 1st half of the 2nd century AD

Accession # 27.122.1

The wreath with pomegrantes suggests that this head represents a deity, such as Ceres, who was associated with the generative powers of nature.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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