11-07-2009, 03:37 AM
I saw the sculpture below in the museum of Roman Civilization. It was labeled as being a centurion. As can be seen, my picture did not come out well. The same centurio is mentioned in the new book by D'Amato and he says it is in a museum in Turin. Does anyone have any good photos of this centurios musculata. It appears from the picture that it has none of the decoration usually seen on other Roman musculata sculputres i.e gorgons. However, I could be wrong. It appears that at the center of his chest, where the clavicles meet, that there is some shadow but I cannot tell if it is a shadow from the stone or if something is actually there.
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