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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	English: Hermes-type bust (pillar with the top as a sculpted head) of Epicurus leaned with his back against his disciple Metrodorus (note : the legend at the bottom of the hermes is mixed with the Metrodorus side). Pentelic marble, Roman artwork, Imperial Era (2nd-half of the 2nd century ?). Found in Rome, Italy. Français : Pilier hermaïque représentant Épicure adossé à son disciple Métrodore. Marbre du Pentélique, œuvre romaine d'époque impériale (deuxième moitié du IIe siècle ?). Découvert à Rome, Italie.
Dimensions	H. 62 cm (24 ¼ in.)
Credit line	Collections of the Duke of Penthièvre; seized during the French Revolution: in the Louvre collections since 1800
Accession number	Ma 88 (MR 478)
Location	Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully wing, ground floor, room 17
Photographer/source	Eric Gaba (User:Sting), July 2005
Other versions	Metrodorus side of the Hermes

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