Cast Gallery catalogue number: A045

Turbaned head of a man; the boss of stone on the forehead may be connected with the technique of copying a model or with the handling and manoeuvring of the finished sculpture (cf A064 where a similar boss has been removed)

• Plaster cast: Height: 54cm.
• Copy of the head of a marble statue.
• The statue:
  • is from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
  • was made about 460 BC.
  • was found at Olympia and is now in Olympia Museum.