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Roman copy of a late fifth-century BC Athenian herma

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Object

Artist
After Alcamenes    wikidata:Q505640
 
After Alcamenes
Alternative names
Alkamenes, Ἀλκαμένης
Description Greek sculptor
Date of birth/death 5th century BC
date QS:P,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata		 4th century BC
date QS:P,-350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Location of birth Lemnos Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 5th century BC
date QS:P,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location
Athens Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q505640
Description
English: Herm with an inscription linking it to the Hermes Propylaios by Alcamenes; the head may not belong to the inscribed shaft (Francis).
Français : Hermès portant une inscription le reliant à l'Hermès des Propylées d'Alcamène ; la tête n'appartient peut-être pas au fourreau inscrit (Francis).
Date 5th century BC
date QS:P571,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
; copy: 2nd century AD
date QS:P571,+150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
Current location
institution QS:P195,Q636978
Accession number
Inv.1433
Object history discovered (Category:Pergamon)
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Inscriptions [Εἱδήσεις Ἀλκαμένεως | Περίκαλλες ἄγαλμα | Ἑρμᾶν τὸν Προπυλαίων | εἴσατο Περγάμιος. ‖ Γνῶθι σέαυτον.] [You will recognize the extremely beautiful image by Alkamenes, the Hermes before the Gates (Propylaios). Pergamios set it up. (trans. J. J. Pollitt)] (JdI, 82, 40)
References
  • A. Conze, "Hermes Propylaios," Sitzungsberichte der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1904, pp.69–71.
  • F. Winter, Altertümer von Pergamon VII. Die Skulpturen, 1928, pp.48–55, no.27.
  • J. E. Francis, "Re-writing Attributions: Alkamenes and the Hermes Propylaios," in Hartswick and Sturgeon Stephanos: studies in honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway 1998, pp.61–68.

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English: Roman copy of a late fifth-century BC Athenian herma Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Author QuartierLatin1968

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