Fragmentary portrait head of man with bald pate and stubble beard. Aphrodisias (Caria). Fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Aphrodisias
Province:
Caria
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
south Agora
Current Location:
Aphrodisias Museum, exc. inv. 89-6.
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Wreath-style
Height(cm):
31
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Smith, R.R.R., “Archaeological Research at Aphrodisias 1989-1992” Aphrodisias Papers 3. The setting and quarries, mythological and other sculptural decoration, architectural development, Portico of Tiberius and tetrapylon (JRA Supplementary Series 20), Ann Arbor 1996, 18-20, no. 3, fig. 8