Head of Zeus or Poseidon

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glasgowmuseums
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Sketchfab
Polygon Count
113,509
Release Date
2017-03-13
License
CC BY-NC 4.0
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Carved head of Zeus or Poseidon dating to c 320-330AD. This is carved from stone known as “Imperial Porphyry” which was quarried in the Eastern Desert area of Egypt during the 1st to 5th Centuries AD. Thought to be a Roman copy of a now-lost 5th century BC Greek bronze original. Gifted by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944.