Literary record of statues of Justin, emperor, and of seven of his family, some marble, some bronze. Constantinople, Chalke. 518-527
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Recorded at the Chalke gate, on the left side when approached from the Mese
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Justin I and his family
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Not recorded
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
518
Latest:
527
MAIN REFERENCE
Cameron, A. & J. Herrin, Constantinople in the early eighth century. The "Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai". Introduction, translation and commentary, Leiden 1984, ยง 44
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, 104 no. 126
Preger, Th. , Scriptores Originum Constantinopolitanarum Vol. I: Hesychii illustrii origines Constantinopolitanae. Anonymi enarrationes breves chronographicae. Anonymi narratio de aedificatione templi S. Sophiae (= Hesychius; Parastaseis; Diegesis; Patria Constantinupoleos) (1901), 1901, Parastaseis 44; Patria II, 28
