Roman Well-head

Description

Pentelic marble well-head (puteal) decorated with four scenes of erotic pursuit: Hercules in female dress seizing Omphale, flanked on the left by a vase and on the right by a flying Cupid holding a sceptre; a female figure struggling with a male, thought to resemble Hercules; a female figure seized by a young satyr carrying a wineskin... COL: [GAA8749](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460028&partId=1) Diameter: 84 cm Height: 81.9cm 144 photographs, Nikon D5100, Agisoft Pro, 10 minute scan 2/5/17 by Daniel Pett. False bottom added to model in Blender. [](http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-2335) [](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) [](https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/90129815)