Headless togate statue of emperor (Valentinian II, Arcadius, or Honorius). Aphrodisias (Caria). 388-392.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
South Agora, center of west stoa (in front of entrance to courtyard of Hadrianic Baths)
Current Location:
Aphrodisias Museum inv. 79/10/176 (exc. inv. 75-248)
OBJECT
Object:
Statue, with base
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
footwear, closed, strapped boots; toga, late antique; tunic, colobium; tunic, sleeved
Hairstyle:
n/a
Height(cm):
147
Attributes:
sceptre; scroll bundle
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Arcadius (or Valentinian II or Honorius)
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Flavius Eutolmius Tatianus
Position:
High Imperial Office-Holders
DATE
Earliest:
388
Latest:
392
MAIN REFERENCE
Smith, R.R.R. 'Late antique portraits in a public context: Honorific statuary at Aphrodisias in Caria, AD 300-600' , Journal of Roman Studies, 89 (1999), 155-89, pl. 1.1
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 38
