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LSA-2139 Portrait head with re-cut hair and engraved beard. From Lepcis Magna. Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Lepcis Magna Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: Severan Forum
Current Location: Tripolis, Museum, inv. no. 457
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: n/a Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 30
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Bianchi, L. 'Ritratti di Leptis Magna fra III e IV secolo', Archeologia Classica 56, Rome 2005, 275-7, no. 4, figs. 8-10

Bergmann, M., Studien zum römischen Porträt des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr., Bonn 1977, 155, fn. 624b (difficult to date)

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