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LSA-176 Bearded male portrait head with tall brow (and concealed Christian inscription). From Aphrodisias (Caria). Fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Aphrodisias Province: Caria Region: Asia Minor
Details: Hadrianic Baths
Current Location: Brussels, Musée du Cinquantenaire, inv. A 1561
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak, chlamys Hairstyle: Wreath-style Height(cm): 29
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 400 Latest: 500
MAIN REFERENCE
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. 32

Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 232-4, no. 204, pl. 257 (Erim: mid 5th)

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