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- Title
- The Meroë Head of Augustus (Objects in Focus)
- ISBN
- 9780714150918
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Product Information
Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Once forming part of a statue of Rome's revered first true emperor - one of many such statues that were erected in Egyptian towns - the head was violently separated from the body and carried away in triumph by ancient Meroitic tribesman shortly after its creation. For nearly two millennia it remained buried in front of a temple in their capital city of Meroe (modern Sudan), so that worshippers ritually had to trample the face of the supreme leader of Rome. The head was recovered in 1910 and remarkably well preserved, is one of the British Museum's most treasured objects. This book reveals the significance of the head in light of Augustus' rise to power and the role of portraits in the Roman world. Accompanied by a series of new photographs that highlight the wonderful, dramatic qualities of the head, this is an absorbing introduction about a portrait which was made as a continuous reminder of the all-embracing power of Rome, yet whose fate is a graphic illustration of resistance to its rule.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
British Museum Press
ISBN-13
9780714150918
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99922465
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Meroe Head of Augustus
Publication Year
2015
Subject
Archaeology
Type
Textbook
Series
Objects in Focus
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
210 mm
Item Weight
190 g
Item Width
147 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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