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LSA-2497 Golden Gate, base for colossal statue on elephant quadriga of Theodosius II, or possibly Theodosius I, emperor. Constantinople. 388-425










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Constantinople Province: Constantinople Region: Constantinople
Details: Constantinople, Golden Gate (now 'Yedikule')
Current Location: Istanbul, in situ
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Height(cm):
Attributes: Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand: Theodosius I or Theodosius II Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Not stated Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 388 Latest: 425
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , III, 735

Meyer-Plath, B. & A. M. Schneider, Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel. Zweiter Teil. Aufnahme, Beschreibung und Geschichte, Berlin 1943, pp. 39-64 pl. 27-30

Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, p. 97-8 no. 97

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