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LSA-473
Literary record of statue on column of Sophia, wife of emperor Justin II. Constantinople, harbour of Sophia. 565-578
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Recorded in the harbour of Sophia by our sources
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Sophia
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Justin II
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
565
Latest:
578
MAIN REFERENCE
Stichel, R. H. W.,
Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike
, Roma 1982
, 113 no. 136
Berger, A.,
Untersuchungen zu den Patria Konstantinupoleos: Poikila Byzantina 8
, Bonn 1988
, 570-8
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