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LSA-594 Fragment of portrait head of Theodosian Emperor, Honorius? From Rome. Late fourth to early fifth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Purchased in 1924
Current Location: Altes Museum, Berlin, inv. no. 1779 (Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Antikensammlung, inv. no. 1779)
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 28
Attributes: diadem, pearl-edged Beard: Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand: Honorius? Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 393 Latest: 423
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Spätantike Kaiserporträts. Von Constantinus Magnus bis zum Ende des Westreichs , Leipzig 1933, 208-9, pl. 107 (Honorius)

Blümel, C., Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Katalog der Sammlung antiker Skulpturen. Bd. 6. Römische Bildnisse , Berlin 1933, 52, no. R 123, pl. 80

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