Bust of Menander (died c. 290 BC). Ephesus (Asia). Fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Baths of Scholasticia, debris, found in 1957
Current Location:
Ephesus Museum, Selçuk, inv. no. 755
OBJECT
Object:
Unknown
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
cloak/mantle, himation; tunic/chiton
Hairstyle:
Short
Height(cm):
60,5
Attributes:
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Menander
Position:
Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest:
400
MAIN REFERENCE
Miltner, F. '22. Vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Ephesos', Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien 44, 243-314, Vienna 1959, Beibl. 324, fig. 167
Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 146-7, no. 187, pl. 101.2, 109
Richter, G.M.A., The Portraits of the Greeks, London 1965, 233, no. 47, fig. 1636
