More Nemi Artifact Images

Arachne has many images of the materials in the Copenhagen: a relatively well known collection, similar to that held at UPenn, from sales of the late 19th century post Savile Finds. Of course, it also has Nottingham materials. Other Arachne entries, were more surprising:

I at first guessed that this archaizing Apollo might be part of the tondi from the site until I saw that it is only 31 cm high, the Penn head is 44 cm and might be called classicizing. This head is made out of Luna (Carrara) marble suggesting perhaps an Augustan date. I don’t know the marble type of the other two tondi and their not listed on their museum sites. The Apollo head is said to in the museum of the ships but I don’t think I saw it there in 2023. I would have certainly remembered I feel and taken a photo. I wonder what the secondary use was that caused the funny circular patter on the side of the head.

The Arcolith Head in Copenhagen is 54 mm high and made of Parisian marble:

This larger than life-size, over 1.80 m, head of Hercules was found in 1925 in the sanctuary and is now in the baths of Diocletian in Rome. I dont’ think I’ve seen it there, and it is not in catalogue which focuses on the epigraphy of the museum. Perhaps I just wasn’t looking hard enough. Something to check on in June.

Arachne: Diokletiansthermen, Museo Nazionale Romano, Italien, Inv.-Nr. 112155

This headless statue (72 cm, italian marble) has no find date but is associated with Nemi.

Diokletiansthermen, Museo Nazionale Romano, Italien, Inv.-Nr. 112247 oder 114247

This lovely portrait head (26 cm) is said to have been found in Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis, Room Pi, West of the Theater

Diokletiansthermen, Museo Nazionale Romano, Italien, Inv.-Nr. 112301. Modern restorations: Restored in plaster: left ear; half of the left cheek and part of the chin; plaster band across the right cheek and back of the head to secure detached sections (the back of the head may originally have been crafted separately).

This woman with an unusual head scarf is said to be from Nemi and in the Baths of Diocletian but Arachne has no inventory number or find year.

The herm below can be compared with the similarly classicizing herm in Copenhagen and another at Penn. This one seems finer in execution, all represent gods.