Separately worked portrait head with stubble beard and undercut 'mop' hairstyle. From Aphrodisias (Caria). Late fifth to earlier sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
South Agora, west end of pool
Current Location:
Aphrodisias Museum (exc. inv. 89-2)
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Mop
Height(cm):
31
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
475
Latest:
550
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, 714-716
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
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, 183-185
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. 43
