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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 695706, member: 5833&quot;]I thinketh these historical figures all look alike to me.&nbsp; The verdigris in the eye sockets is probably all that makes the eyes look strange; he doesn&#039;t particularly look like Homer.&nbsp; Poets &amp; philosophers are by convention indicated by a fillet round the head.&nbsp; This guy may have been holding something that would give a clue to his identity.&nbsp; Where he is located may be helpful.&nbsp; Could be a Roman emperor; could be a Biblical patriarch.&nbsp; Marcus Aurelius doesn&#039;t quite seem to suit:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]186819[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nor Hadrian:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00505/AN00505405_001_l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are just so many possibilities.&nbsp; I&#039;m getting sort of a Moses feeling.&nbsp; But maybe it&#039;s just the verdigris in the eye sockets.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All the best Roman sculpture was copied from the Greek &amp; much may have been executed by itinerant Greek artisans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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