Under life-size pophryry portrait statue in armour. From Egypt. Fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Province:
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Acquired in Egypt by collector Drovetti in 1821
Current Location:
Turin, Museo Archeologico, inv. no. 272
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, standing
Material:
Porphyry
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
armour; cloak, paludamentum; other; tunic/chiton
Hairstyle:
n/a
Height(cm):
87
Attributes:
fibula; sword
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest:
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Mercando, L. 'Sculture greco-romane provenienti dell'Egitto nel Museo di Antichità di Torino+, Alessandria e il mondo ellenistico-romano : 1. centenario del Museo greco-romano : Alessandria, 23-27 novembre 1992 : atti del 2. Congresso internazionale italo-egiziano, Rome 1995, 365, no. 9, pl. 64.4
Delbrueck, R., Antike Porphyrwerke. Studien zur spätantiken Kunstgeschichte, vol. 6, Berlin 1932, 106-108, pl. 48, fig. 38
