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LSA-170 Portrait statue of man (probably governor) in chlamys, so-called 'Younger 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. 2266
OBJECT
Object: Statue, standing Material: Marble Re-Use? Other
Clothing: cloak, chlamys; footwear, closed, plain boots; tunic, sleeved Hairstyle: Wreath-style Height(cm): 187
Attributes: scroll bundle Beard: Bearded, stubble
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, 11-12, no. 13, pl. 7

Mendel, G., Musées Impériaux Ottomans. Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines, et byzantines I-III, Constantinople 1912-1914, no. 507

Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 179-180, no. 242, pls. 176.1-2 and 178.1

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 35

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