This head exhibit represents Hermes the messenger of the gods.
Originally probably the stone ("Herme") erected on a heap of stones along the way - Hermes grech. Thus Hermes was the god of paths for all hikers and shepherds of knowledgeable guides, including the souls on their way to the underworld.
He was often portrayed as messenger of the gods with herald's staff (Kerykeion) and wing hat, his sandals were decorated with talarion (wings).
As the god of trade and the market, he also protected merchants. His Roman counterpart was Mercury.
The place of discovery is Pella, the former capital of Macedonia and birthplace of Alexander the Great, dated at the beginning of the 1st century B. C., in the museum in Pella under the inventory no. 82/224.
The original bronze was the end of a Hermes column.
Hermes head made of ceramic (high-strength special gypsum), in bronze finish. Replica reduction.
