Bust of an older man

Bust of a mature man slightly turned to the right with a healed wound on the left side of forehead and a mole below the left eye. Captured details of the skin texture and sagging flesh indicate that the face from the top of the forehead to the base of the neck was taken from life with the sitter in vertical position. The nose, ears and front of the neck were cast separately and attached. Portions, such as the eyebrows and eyes, were reworked by hand. The rest was sculpted by hand in several sections: nape and sides of the neck, back of the head, and bust. A dark slip covers the entire surface. The bust is in excellent condition, except for a few minor surface losses and a larger break at the back of the neck. Thermoluminescence has been performed on the bust twice, in 1997 and 2002, indicating that the clay was fired between 700 BC and AD 300.