Battered portrait head of bearded man. Constantinople. Fifth to sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Yerebatan (in foundations)
Current Location:
Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, inv. no. 4812
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Short
Height(cm):
25
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest:
600
MAIN REFERENCE
Fıratlı, N., La sculpture byzantine figurée au Musée archéologique d'Istanbul, Paris 1990, 15, no. 24, pl. 11
Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 286-7, no. 276, pl. 266.1, 3-4 (fifth-sixth c.)