Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Head of Heracles-Melqart
Image View:
Overall view from front right; top of head above curls has lion head, attribute of Heracles
Creator:
unknown (Cypriote sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Barracco (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A
GPS:
41.896111 12.477222
Date:
ca. 5th century BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Cypriote
Style Period:
Cypriote
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
painted limestone
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
deities; Heracles (Greek mythological character); Hercules (Roman mythological character)
Description:
From Cyprus. Melqart was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city of Tyre. In Greek, by interpretatio graeca he was identified with Heracles and referred to as the Tyrian Herakles. Both Phoenician and Greek influences were strong in Cyprus. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-R-MB-HHM-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Head of Heracles-Melqart