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English: “Pseudo-Seneca”: the bust was identified for a very long time with the Roman philosopher Seneca. It was acknowledged as spurrious after the discovery of an inscripted portrait bearing Seneca's name (1813). May actually represent Hesiod. Roman copy after a lost Hellenistic original.
Français : Pseudo-Sénèque : on a longtemps cru que le buste représentait le philosophe romain, jusqu'à la découverte en 1813 d'un portrait inscrit portant le nom de Sénèque. Pourrait en fait représenter Hésiode. Copie romaine d'un original hellénistique.
Date 2nd century BC
date QS:P571,-150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, Room 22: Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic world
Accession number
GR 1962.8-24.1
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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19:31, 8 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 19:31, 8 December 20061,800 × 2,730 (2.67 MB)Jastrow{{BritishMuseum |Unknown |“Pseudo-Seneca”: the bust was identified for a very long time with the Roman philosopher Seneca. It was acknowledged as spurrious after the discovery of an inscripted portrait bearing Seneca's name (1813). May actually repres

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