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LSA-1156 Portrait head of man with short hair and beard. From Lepcis Magna. Early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lepcis Magna Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: Severan Forum, behind
Current Location: Museum, Tripolis, inv. no. 462
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: toga Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 30
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 270 Latest: 320
MAIN REFERENCE
Bianchi, L. 'Ritratti di Leptis Magna fra III e IV secolo', Archeologia Classica 56, Rome 2005, 282-3, no. 9, figs. 20-21

Faulx-Briole Rocher, A. ‘Du remploi dans la statuaire: autour d’un portrait masculin retravaillé du Musée de Lepcis Magna’, Le passé et son héritage. Modalités et enjeux dans le sociétés du monde romaine et de l'Antiquité tardive, Paris 2011, 58-60 with figs. (late third to early fourth century)

Bartoccini, R. 'Il Foro Severiano di Leptis Magna--Campagna di scavo 1958', Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia 4, Rome 1961, 117, fig. 24

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