Bronze Head of Hypnos
Bronze Head of Hypnos on display in the British Museum
Material	Bronze
Size	21 cm high
Created	1st-2nd Century AD
Present location	British Museum,London
Registration	GR 1868.6-6.9 (Bronze 267)

TheBronze Head of Hypnos is aRoman copy of an ancient Greek statue found atCivitella d'Arna nearPerugia in central Italy. Widely copied since its discovery in the early nineteenth century, it has been part of theBritish Museum's collection since 1868.^[1]

Only the head of the bronze statue is extant. The face shows wings emerging from his right temple and elaborately woven locks of hair held in by a head band. As thegod of sleep, the intact statue would have shown the deity walking forwards, clutching a drinking horn and poppies in his hands. Sculptural images of Hypnos are unusual, and only a handful of similar statues are known in WesternEurope.

The bronze head was originally discovered in the smallUmbrian town of Civitella d'Arna. Little is known of the circumstances of the find until it became part of the Castellani Collection. The British Museum purchased the bronze sculpture, along with other parts of the collection, in 1868.^[2]

• C. Rolley, Greek bronzes (London, Sotheby's Publications / Chesterman Publications, 1986)
• Henry Beauchamp Walters: British Museum. Select bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Departments of Antiquities, London 1915
• C.C. Mattusch, Classical bronzes (Cornell University Press, 1996)

• Bronze Head of Hypnos from Civitella d'Arna atArtdots

• Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the British Museum
• Statues in Italy
• Bronze sculptures in London
• Archaeological discoveries in Italy
• Ancient Roman metalwork

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