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LSA-2546 Over life-size head with stippled beard and cap with lions' protomes. From Italy. Late third to fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Province: Region: Italy, provenance unknown
Details:
Current Location: Vatican City, Musei Vaticani, Storerooms
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 36.5
Attributes: other Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 280 Latest: 325
MAIN REFERENCE
Kaschnitz von Weinberg, G., Sculture del magazzino del Museo Vaticano, Vatican City 1937, 293-4, no. 720 (mid 3rd century: priest of Mithras?)

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