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LSA-2841

Portrait head of man with 'mop' hairstyle and stubble beard. Aphrodisias. Earlier sixth century

PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:	Aphrodisias	Province:	Caria	Region:	Asia Minor
Details:	stairway between west stoa of North Agora and Tetrastyle court of Hadrianic Baths
Current Location:	Aphrodisias Museum, exc inv. 2011-38
OBJECT
Object:	Head, separately worked	Material:	Marble	Re-Use?	No
Clothing:		Hairstyle:	Mop	Height(cm):	29
Attributes:		Beard:	Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:		Position:		Gender:	Male
Awarder:		Position:
DATE
Earliest:	500	Latest:	550
MAIN REFERENCE
Smith, R.R.R. “Three statues and a portrait head: four new finds of public statuary”, Aphrodisias Papers 5. Excavation and Research at Aphrodisias 2006-2012, Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement Series no. 103, 2016, 300-302, no. 4, figs. 19.9-12 Smith,R.R.R. and B. Ward-Perkins (eds), The Last Statues of Antiquity, Oxford 2016, 157, fig. 12.10

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