Sabouroff head
| Sabouroff head | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Material | Marble |
| Height | 23 cm |
| Created | c. 550–525 BC |
| Discovered | before 1885 Greece |
| Discovered by | Giovanni Belzoni and Henry Beechey |
| Present location | Berlin, Germany |
The Sabouroff head is a Late
Asia Minor.[3]
This marble head may have belonged to a life-size statue. It has been the object of various debates regarding the unusual design of the hair and beard. Men usually had long hair in 6th century Greek statues, but the beard was a common attribute in archaic sculpture. The treatment of the moustache, separate from the beard on the cheeks and chin, is very rare for Greek sculpture and gives an exotic look to the head. The head has been described as "nearer to a portrait than any other work surviving from Archaic Greece" (other than the Boxer Relief in Athens).[4]
Using an optical
3D-scanner the cast copy at the Heidelberg University was acquired and analyzed using the GigaMesh Software Framework. The geometric measurements using Voronoi cells and Geodesic distances at the high-resolution 3D-model show an unbalance and a slight tilting of the head indicating that it was part of an equestrian statue.[5][6]
References
- ISBN 9780520043732.
- ^ "Arachne - individual object 80830: Kopf eines bärtigen Mannes (sog. Kopf Sabouroff) - Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Antikensammlung Berlin". arachne.uni-koeln.de.
- ISBN 069100160X.
- ISBN 9780292773493.
- ISSN 1109-4109
- YouTube. Analysis using the GigaMesh Software Framework as described by Hölscher et al., cf. doi:10.11588/heidok.00027985.