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LSA-2842

Himation statue re-used for late portrait. Aphrodisias (Caria). Fifth century

PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:	Aphrodisias	Province:	Caria	Region:	Asia Minor
Details:	North Avenue
Current Location:	Aphrodisias Museum, exc inv. 2011-75
OBJECT
Object:	Statue	Material:	Marble	Re-Use?	Yes
Clothing:	cloak/mantle, himation; tunic/chiton	Hairstyle:		Height(cm):	159
Attributes:		Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:		Position:		Gender:	Male
Awarder:		Position:
DATE
Earliest:	300	Latest:	500
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, 293-295, no. 1, figs. 19.1-2 (preliminary notice) Smith,R.R.R. and B. Ward-Perkins (eds), The Last Statues of Antiquity, Oxford 2016, 154, fig. 12.8 (early imperial statue reused in 4th-5th c.)

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