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LSA-1005 Fragments of colossal porphyry statue of Diocletian in cuirass (lost ). From Alexandria. 297-302.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Alexandria Province: Aegyptus Region: Egypt
Details: Column of Pompeius
Current Location: lost. Last seen in 1870 in Garden of de la Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville, France
OBJECT
Object: Statue, standing Material: Porphyry Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: armour Hairstyle: n/a Height(cm): 700
Attributes: Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Diocletian Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 297 Latest: 302
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Antike Porphyrwerke. Studien zur spätantiken Kunstgeschichte, vol. 6, Berlin 1932, 100-101

Tkaczow, B., The topography of ancient Alexandria (An archaeological map), Warsaw 1993, 285-6 no. 269A

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