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The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Artist/Maker Unknown
“Pseudo-Seneca”: the bust was identified for a very long time with the Roman philosopher Seneca. It was acknowledged as spurrious after the discovery of an inscripted portrait bearing Seneca's name (1813). May actually represent Hesiod. Marble, Roman copy after a lost Hellenistic original of the 2nd century BC.
Dimensions Unspecified
Credit line Unspecified
Accession number GR 1962.8-24.1
Location Main floor, Room 22, Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic world
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)
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