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LSA-1299 Portrait head of woman set on (alien?) statue of Fortuna. From environs of Nemausus. Early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Nemausus Province: Narbonensis I Region: Gaul and Germany
Details: Statue: at Pont de Quart on the road to Beaucaire in 1827
Current Location: Musée Archéologique, Nîmes, inv. no. 891.25.22
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Encircling braid(s) Height(cm):
Attributes: Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Female
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 290 Latest: 325
MAIN REFERENCE
Espérandieu, É. , Catalogue des Musées archéologiques de Nîmes. 2.1 Sculptures antiques : Musée de la Maison Carrée, Nimes 1920, 29-30, no. 51

Schade, K., Frauen in der Spätantike--Status und Repräsentation, Mainz 2003, 27, 90, 96, pl. 5.4 (Tetrarchic to Constantinian)

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