Portrait head of man with stubble beard and mop hairstyle. From Aphrodisias (Caria). Late fifth to early sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Hadrianic Baths
Current Location:
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. 1971
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
cloak, chlamys; tunic/chiton
Hairstyle:
Mop
Height(cm):
21
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
450
Latest:
600
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. 10.1
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 33
Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, no. 207
