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LSA-589 Portrait head of Emperor: Arcadius, Gratian, or Theodosius I? From Rome. Late fourth to early fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Purchased in 1923
Current Location: Berlin, Antikensammlung Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, inv. no. Sk 1772 (Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Antikensammlung, inv. no. Sk 1772)
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 29
Attributes: diadem, jewelled Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Arcadius? Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 378 Latest: 410
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 204-6, pls. 103-4 (Arcadius)

Blümel, C., Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Katalog der Sammlung antiker Skulpturen. Bd. 6. Römische Bildnisse , Berlin 1933, 51, no. R 122, pls. 79 and 80

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