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LSA-169 Portrait statue of man (probably governor) in chlamys, so-called 'Elder Magistrate.' From Aphrodisias (Caria). Fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Aphrodisias Province: Caria Region: Asia Minor
Details: South Agora, northern half of west stoa
Current Location: Archaeological Museum, Istanbul inv. no. 2265
OBJECT
Object: Statue, standing Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: cloak, chlamys; footwear, closed, plain boots; tunic, sleeved Hairstyle: Brushed forward Height(cm): 181
Attributes: belt; scroll; scroll bundle Beard: Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 400 Latest: 500
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. 1.3

Fıratlı, N., La sculpture byzantine figurée au Musée archéologique d'Istanbul, Paris 1990, 10-11, no. 12, pls. 6-7

Mendel, G., Musées Impériaux Ottomans. Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines, et byzantines I-III, Constantinople 1912-1914, no. 508

Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, no. 243

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 36

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