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LSA-337 Portrait head for insertion of Emperor, Arcadius (?). Constantinople. Late fourth to early fifth century










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Constantinople Province: Constantinople Region: Constantinople
Details: Beyazit
Current Location: Istanbul Archeological Museum, inv. 5028
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 32.5
Attributes: diadem, pearl-edged Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Arcadius (?) Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 380 Latest: 420
MAIN REFERENCE
Fıratlı, N. 'A Late Antique Imperial Portrait Recently Discovered at Istanbul', American Journal of Archaeology 55, New York 1951, 67-71, figs. 1-5

Fıratlı, N., La sculpture byzantine figurée au Musée archéologique d'Istanbul, Paris 1990, 7, no. 5, pls. 2-3

Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 138-9, no. 82, pl. 74.1-2

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