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LSA-1064 Portrait head for insertion of clean-shaven Emperor, originally with diadem. From Carthage. Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Carthago Province: Africa Proconsularis Region: North Africa, Western (from Byzacena westwards)
Details: Byrsa Hill
Current Location: Carthage, National Museum, inv. no. 61.2.211
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Brushed forward Height(cm): 41.5
Attributes: diadem Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Emperor Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 325 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Jucker, H.‘Zwei Konstantinische Porträtkopfe in Karthago’, Gestalt und Geschichte : Festschrift Karl Schefold, zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstag am 26. Jan. 1965 , Bern 1967, 121-32, pls. 40.2 and 41.3-4

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