Porphyry group (with vertical cut) of armoured Tetrarchs. From Constantinople (now Venice). 293-305.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Philadelphion
Current Location:
Venice, S. Marco, and Istanbul Archaeological Museum, inv. no. 5848
OBJECT
Object:
Base
Material:
Porphyry
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Height(cm):
136
Width(cm):
79
Depth(cm):
29-32
Language:
Text Type:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, Constantius I
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
293
Latest :
305
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Antike Porphyrwerke. Studien zur spätantiken Kunstgeschichte, vol. 6, Berlin 1932, 84-91, pls.32,33b, and 34c-d, figs. 31-33
Naumann, R. 'Der antike Rundbau beim Myrelaion und der Palast Romanos I Lakapenos.', Istanbuler Mitteilungen, 16, Istanbul 1966, 209-11, pl. 43.2
Verzone, P. 'I due gruppi in porfido di S,Marco in Venezia ed il Philadelphion di Costantinopoli' , Palladio 1 , Rome 1958 , 8-14
Bauer, F. A., Stadt, Platz und Denkmal in der Spätantike, Mainz 1996, 228-233
Laubscher, H.-P., 'Beobachtungen zu tetrarchischen Kaiserbildnissen aus Porphyr', Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 114, Berlin 1999, 207-239, figs. 5-7
