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Who is the Roman figure in this miniature statue?


Jonwin

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Hi!

My name is Jonathan and I wanted to ask if anyone here can tell me who is the Roman (or Greek?) figure in this miniature statue? I'll add pictures below.

 

In addition, there is something written that I couldn't make sense of. I'll add a picture of the inscription as well and maybe some here will have a clue what it means.

 

Thanks a lot

Jon

 

thanks again

 

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Hi Jonathan, I tried to open the links you provided but it asks you to sign up with Quora and provide private details from Facebook or Gmail. Is there no way you could upload the pictures as an attachment? If you click on "More reply options" at the bottom you'll see the option to attach a file on the bottom left.

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Oops, never mind, Viggen seems to have fixed the problem.  :thumbsup:

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The inscription is in greek and says "Hermes" (ERMHS), the greek name of the god Mercury. 

I don't think I ever saw the exact type which inspired this copy, but it seems a bit like the "Hermes and the Infant Dionysos" from Olympia (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_and_the_Infant_Dionysus )

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