Sculpture
90-20-1
From: Turkey (Country) | Phrygia | Gordion
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 90-20-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Phrygian |
| Provenience | Turkey (Country) | Phrygia | Gordion |
| Manufacture Location | Manchester | England |
| Locus | Great Tumulus |
| Date Made | 738-696 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Plaster |
| Technique | Cast | Hollow Cast |
| Iconography | Midas | Head |
| Description | Plaster reproduction (cast) of the head of King Gordias (age 60-65), recreated from the actual human skeletal remains found in the Great Tumulus. |
| Height | 26 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Kenneth Sams, Gordion Excavations, 1990 |
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