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LSA-2417 Headless tondo portrait of evangelist or apostle. Constantinople. Fourth to fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Constantinople Province: Constantinople Region: Constantinople
Details: No published record
Current Location: Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, inv. no . 931
OBJECT
Object: Tondo Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak/mantle, himation; tunic/chiton Hairstyle: n/a Height(cm): 41
Attributes: codex/book Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Evangelist or apostle? Position: Religious Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 500
MAIN REFERENCE
Fıratlı, N., La sculpture byzantine figurée au Musée archéologique d'Istanbul, Paris 1990, 19 no. 37 pl. 16

Grabar, A., Sculptures byzantines de Constantinople (IVe - Xe siècle), Paris 1963, 9-16

Mendel, G., Musées impériaux ottomans. Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines et byzantines, Istanbul 1912-1914, 446, no. 662

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