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LSA-1007 Under life-size pophyry portrait statue in chlamys. From Alexandria (Aegyptus). Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Alexandria Province: Aegyptus Region: Egypt
Details: German consulate in 1909, on south side of Canopus Street, 300 metres east of LSA 1003
Current Location: Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Museum für Byzantinische Kunst
OBJECT
Object: Statue, standing Material: Porphyry Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak, chlamys; tunic, sleeved Hairstyle: n/a Height(cm): 94
Attributes: belt; fibula; sword Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 325 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Antike Porphyrwerke. Studien zur spätantiken Kunstgeschichte, vol. 6, Berlin 1932, 104-6, pl. 47, fig. 37

Tkaczow, B., The topography of ancient Alexandria (An archaeological map), Warsaw 1993, 287, no. 273 Map A.D

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