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An insert head of a herm depicting the young Ammon. - An insert head of a herm depicting the young Ammon. White, somewhat coarse-crystalline marble. H 18.5cm D 6cm. Powerful ram's horns grow from his temples. His woolly hair is covered with a broad taenia that falls behind the horns onto his shoulders. Roman Imperial Period, 1st - 2nd century AD. Vertical, repaired crack. Part of the left shoulder broken.