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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4598659, member: 75143"]That's an interesting thought. As far as I know, this statue was discovered more or less complete, just requiring some minor restoration.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, for full replacement of heads in antiquity, it was relatively common. In some instances, it was done for a damnatio memoriae sort of situation. Sometimes, older marble heads were recarved just to fit the current political need. </p><p><br /></p><p>For bronze statue replacements, the Colossus of Nero's head was replaced with Commodus's head, so it certainly happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>It could be that the TBone statue was of an older bronze heroic sculpture.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the naughty bits, I suspect that was original to the statue. I guess these folks' family jewels were not very impressive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4598659, member: 75143"]That's an interesting thought. As far as I know, this statue was discovered more or less complete, just requiring some minor restoration. However, for full replacement of heads in antiquity, it was relatively common. In some instances, it was done for a damnatio memoriae sort of situation. Sometimes, older marble heads were recarved just to fit the current political need. For bronze statue replacements, the Colossus of Nero's head was replaced with Commodus's head, so it certainly happened. It could be that the TBone statue was of an older bronze heroic sculpture. As for the naughty bits, I suspect that was original to the statue. I guess these folks' family jewels were not very impressive.[/QUOTE]
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