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LSA-172 Headless portrait statue of seated man wearing himation. From Aphrodisias (Caria). Fourth to sixth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Aphrodisias Province: Caria Region: Asia Minor
Details: South Agora, west end of pool
Current Location: Aphrodisias Excavation Compound (exc. inv. 89-2 B)
OBJECT
Object: Statue, seated Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak/mantle, himation; footwear, sandals; tunic/chiton Hairstyle: n/a Height(cm): 160
Attributes: Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 600
MAIN REFERENCE
Smith, R.R.R., "A Late Roman Portrait and a Himation Statue from Aphrodisias" in H. Friesinger and F. Krinzinger (eds.), 100 Jahre Österreichische Forschungen in Ephesos: Akten des Symposions Wien 1995, Vienna 1999, 716-719, pl. 187.1

Smith, R.R.R., “Archaeological Research at Aphrodisias 1989-1992” Aphrodisias Papers 3. The setting and quarries, mythological and other sculptural decoration, architectural development, Portico of Tiberius and tetrapylon (JRA Supplementary Series 20), Ann Arbor 1996, 13-16, fig. 4

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, 229, no. A 44

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