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LSA-1043 Re-cut portrait head of man with short-cropped hair and beard, Tetrarch? Speluncae. Late third to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Speluncae Province: Campania Region: Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Current Location: Museo Nazionale, Sperlonga, inv. no. 6
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm):
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Tetrarch? Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 290 Latest: 320
MAIN REFERENCE
Iacopi, G., L'antro di Tiberio a Sperlonga, Rome 1963, 145-6, figs. 142-3 (Tetrarchic, no mention of find location)

Cassieri, N., La grotta di Tiberio e il Museo archeologico nazionale, Sperlonga, Rome 2000, 75-6, fig. 38 (again no mention of find location)

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