The object is from the north vault that housed the burial of a young teenage girl.Discovered in object a personal effects box found at the head of the sarcophagus that housed the burial of a young teenage girl.
Face dimensions
This copper-alloy head probably belonged to a male quartet. The use of the recessed casting technique allows for a careful and realistic rendering of the facial details: softly shaped cheeks, hemmed mouth, and finely outlined eyes. These delicate features were once animated by two inlaid pewter pupils, now gone. The plastic quality of the artist's work and the use of metal, an expensive material, place this head in a luxury production. The context of discovery reinforces this hypothesis: this object indeed comes from the burial of a young girl from the Gallo-Roman aristocracy of the Late Empire.
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