Portrait head of man with short beard and balding brow (missing right side of face). Aphrodisias (Caria). Fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
South Agora, west end of pool
Current Location:
Aphrodisias Museum inv. 5389 (exc. inv. 89-4)
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Other
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
0.26 m
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Smith, R.R.R. and J. Lenaghan (eds.), Aphrodisias'tan Roma portreleri = Roman portraits from Aphrodisias , Istanbul 2008, no. 31
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, 184, pl. 8.3-4
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 45
