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LSA-254 Portrait bust of man in armour made from disparate elements. Antioch on the Orontes (Syria). Late third to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Antiochia ad Orontem Province: Syria Region: Near East, with Cyprus
Details: Villa, outside city walls
Current Location: Antayka, Museum, inv. no. 1218
OBJECT
Object: Bust Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: armour; cloak, paludamentum Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 81
Attributes: belt Beard: Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 270 Latest: 290
MAIN REFERENCE
Stillwell, R. (ed.), The Excavations 1933-1936. Antioch on-the-Orontes II, Princeton 1938, 172, no. 134, pl. 5

Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 127-130, no. 76, pls. 67.2 and 68 (Trebonius Gallus?)

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