Abstract

In this article we re-examine in detail a group of private Roman female portraits often considered to have been reworked through the chiselling away of all or part of the coiffure, followed by the addition of new updated portions. Our aim is to expand on Elizabeth Bartman’s criticism of the modern theory that Roman women followed fashions in hair so closely that they frequently commissioned the updating of the coiffures on their marble images. We argue instead that the appearance of these supposedly reworked images can better be explained in technical terms, as a result of initial piecing or later repair.

Conrad M. Stibbe
The Goddess at the Handle — view the abstract
A Survey of Laconian Bronze Hydriae

R. de Zwarte
Pythagoras’ Inheritance at Paestum in South Italy — view the abstract
Number is the Substance of All Things

L.B. van der Meer
Etruscan origins — view the abstract
Language and archaeology

Julie van Kerckhove
The development of ‘vernice nera’-pottery in the Marches — view the abstract
A preliminary analysis of the finds from the Potenza Valley Survey

Christoph Ohlig
Städtebauliche Veränderungen im Bereich des Pomeriums und der Porta Vesuvio unter dem Einfluss des Baues der Fernwasserversorgung in Pompeji — view the abstract

Boaz Zissu and Amir Ganor
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Ans Braakenburg-van Breukelen
Greek Gods and a Roman Emperor — view the abstract
Sculpture in the Beirut Central District Archaeology Project

Olivier Hekster
Hercules, Omphale, and Octavian’s ‘Counter-Propaganda’ — view the abstract

Richard de Kind
Pertinax oder Didius Julianus?
Einige Überlegungen zur Kaiserikonographie von 193 n. Chr. — view the abstract

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