Fragmentary portrait of man with brushed forward hair. Hellespontus. Earlier second or late fourth to early fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Province:
Hellespontus
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Bayramiç (Kayalıdağ)
Current Location:
Istanbul Archaeological Museum, inv. no. 2062
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
25.5
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
375
Latest:
425
MAIN REFERENCE
Fıratlı, N., La sculpture byzantine figurée au Musée archéologique d'Istanbul, Paris 1990, 14-15, no. 21, pl. 11(fifth century, second quarter?)
Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 159, no. 111, pl. 254.2 and 5 (second quarter of fifth c.)