Porphyry head of Tetrarch (lost). From Antioch on the Orontes (Syria). Late third to early fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Antiochia ad Orontem
Province:
Syria
Region:
Near East, with Cyprus
Details:
Villa, outside city
Current Location:
lost
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Porphyry
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Short-cropped
Height(cm):
22
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Tetrarch
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
284
Latest:
324
MAIN REFERENCE
Brinkerhoff, D., A Collection of Sculpture in Classical and Early Christian Antioch, New York 1970, 19-28, figs.1,22, 23
L'Orange, H. P., Das spätantike Herrscherbild von Diokletian bis zu den Konstantin-Söhnen, 284-361 n. Chr. Das Römische Herrscherbild. III. Abteilung ; Bd. 4 , Berlin 1984, 27, 106, figs. 18c-d
Calza, R., Iconografia Romana Imperiale. Da Carausio a Giuliano (287-363 d. C.), Rome 1972, 145, no. 56 pl. 38.107-108
Stillwell, R. (ed.), The Excavations 1933-1936. Antioch on-the-Orontes II, Princeton 1938, 172, no. 136, pl. 6
