Togate portrait statue of emperor ( Arcadius or Valentinian II). Aphrodisias (Caria). 388-392.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
South Agora, northern half of west stoa (in front of Hadrianic Baths)
Current Location:
Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, inv. no. 2264
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, with base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
footwear, closed, strapped boots; toga, late antique; tunic, colobium; tunic, sleeved
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
188
Attributes:
diadem, pearl-edged; scroll bundle
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Valentinian II (or Arcadius)
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Fl. Eutolmius Tatianus
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
388
Latest:
392
MAIN REFERENCE
Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, no. 66
Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 195-8, pl. 92, figs. 67-8.
Smith, R.R.R., "Statue life in the Hadrianic Baths at Aphrodisias, AD 100-600: Local context and historical meaning", in F.A. Bauer, C. Witschel (eds.), Statuen und Statuensammlungen in der Spätantike - Funktion und Kontext (Spätantike, Frühes Christentum, Byzanz: Kunst im ersten Jahrtausend), Wiesbaden 2007, 228 no. A 37
Mendel, G., Musées impériaux ottomans. Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines et byzantines, Istanbul 1912-1914, no. 506
