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Head of Hercules
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Head of Hercules

White marble, 1st cent. A.D.
Oplontis excavations
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 72742

This head, which was placed atop a cipolin marble pillar, was found on the eastern side of the pool at the Villa of Poppaea.