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Larger-than-life portrait head of a Pergamon king, Attalos I or Eumenes II?
Unknown1st Third 2nd century BCE
Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The head, which is about two times life size, belongs to a well-Hellenistic king, as the royal diadem visible on the neck shows.
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- Title: Larger-than-life portrait head of a Pergamon king, Attalos I or Eumenes II?
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st Third 2nd century BCE
- Location: Pergamon / Turkey
- Type: Sculpture
- Medium: Marble
- Inv. no.: AvP VII 130
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-814319
- External link: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyrights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Johannes Laurentius I Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / R. von den Hoff
- Collection: Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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