 IAA Number: 2012-2394
 | Object's Name: Head Statue Semi-Divine/Divine Figure, Pan
Period: Roman
Material: Marble
Site: Jerusalem, Old City, Western and Southern Walls Excavations
Wide: 10 cm
Description: Second quarter of the 2nd century CE. A head of a Satyr, a popular
decoration of Roman bathhouses. It is likely that the statue
originated in the large bathhouse exsposed nearby. The face were
probably deliberately chiseled during the Byzantine period.
Bibliography: Peleg- Barkat O. 2011. The Roman marble sculptures from The Temple Mount excavations in: E. Mazar: The Temple Mount Excavations, Vol. IV. QEDEM 52: 309-311, Fig. 16. 3: 4.
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