The Berkeley Plato : from neglected relic to ancient treasure : an archaeological detective story /
Miller, Stephen G.(Stephen Gaylord),1942-
Berkeley : University of California Press,
c2009
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
History of acquisition and the first century in California -- Description of the artifact -- Pertinence of the head -- The inscription -- The Seven Sages -- The Tivoli Plato -- The Berkeley Plato and the Renaissance -- Portraits of Plato -- The Berkeley Plato and the Akademy -- Ribbons -- Plato and ribbons -- Why Plato and ribbons -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The square-omicron and square-theta portrait herms from Tivoli -- Appendix B: Technical and scientific analysis / by John Twilley.
Plato.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Hermae.
Inscriptions, Greek.
Portrait sculpture, Classical
Portrait sculpture, Classical
Classical antiquities