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Noun Concept

Categories: Ancient Greek religion, Busts (sculpture), Hermes, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference

herm herma hermae hermai Herme

A statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost WordNet 3.0

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A statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A herma, commonly in English herm, is a sculpture with a head, and perhaps a torso, above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height. Wikipedia

Type of sculpture with a head and often a torso above a plain lower section, often with male genitals Wikidata

A rectangular pillar bearing a bust of Hermes, once used as a boundary marker and later as decoration. Wiktionary

Rectangular pillar. Wiktionary (translation)

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statue

bust

HAS INSTANCE

Themistokles-Herme von Ostia

Ερμή του Ηρακλή

herma of R. W. Ekman

herma of V. Westerholm

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