This carrara marble bust depicts The Roman Goddess of war strategy, Athena, who can be identified by the helmet, strong facial features and hair trailing over her shoulders. It originates from Herculaneum, in the rectangular peristyle of the villa of Papyri; this Roman piece is a copy of a Greek herma (circle of Phidias) and is now on permanent display at The National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

(archival data; ancientrome.ru)

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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)