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LSA-299 Portrait head of woman with encircling braid hairstyle. Nicaea (Bithynia). Mid- third to early fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Nicaea Province: Bithynia Region: Asia Minor
Details: Nicaea
Current Location: Istanbul Archaeological Museum, inv. 5128
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: n/a Hairstyle: Encircling braid(s) Height(cm): 22
Attributes: Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Female
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 240 Latest: 325
MAIN REFERENCE
Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 97, no. 86, pl. 52.3-4 (230-240)

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