Portrait head of man (Tetrarch?) with short-cropped hair and stubble beard. From Minturnae. Late third to early fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Minturnae
Province:
Campania
Region:
Italy south of Rome, with Sicily
Details:
Cuniculum of via Appia
Current Location:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. no. 61.1136
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Short-cropped
Height(cm):
24.7
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest:
320
MAIN REFERENCE
Adriani, A. 'Regione I (Latium et Campania). Minturno. Catalogo delle sculture trovate negli anni 1931-1933', Notizie degli scavi di antichità 16, Milan 1938, 221-2, no. 77, fig. 43
Comstock, M.B. and C.C.C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone. The Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston 1976, 241, no. 378