How do historians know what person a statue is depicting?

Question

When old statues and busts are discovered, how do the archaeologists and historians know who they are?

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Answer 1

a lot of “context clues” of secondary sources are used. where was the statue found; who used to own the place where it was found; how old is it? who do we know about that would have been revered or had status enough to create the statue of in the first place.