Veiled portrait head of woman, probably priestess. Perge (Pamphylia). Fourth or fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Perge
Province:
Pamphylia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Nymphaeum in 1968
Current Location:
Antalya inv. no. A 3281
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
headgear, hair cap; headgear, veiled
Hairstyle:
Other
Height(cm):
23
Attributes:
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Fittschen, K., “Rez zu: Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträtplastik aus der Türkei: Neue Funde”, GGA 236 (1984), 207, no. 234 (re-used portrait of early second century)
Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 256, no. 234, pl. 167.1-2