Literary record of statue of Sophia, wife of emperor Justin II. Constantinople, Baths of Zeuxippus. 565-566
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Recorded at the entrance of the baths of Zeuxippus
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Aelia Sophia, wife of Justin II
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Julianus, prefect of the city
Position:
Prefects of Constantinople
DATE
Earliest:
565
Latest:
566
MAIN REFERENCE
Cameron, A. & J. Herrin, Constantinople in the early eighth century. The "Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai". Introduction, translation and commentary, Leiden 1984, Parastaseis 81
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, no. 134