Portrait head of a man with stubble-beard. From Ephesus. Fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Magnesian Gate, by farmers in a field outside, found in 1954
Current Location:
Ephesus Museum, Selçuk, inv. no. 478
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
26,5
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Alzinger, W. 'Zwei spätantike Porträtköpfe aus Ephesos', Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Wien 42, Vienna 1955, 27, 36-42, fig. 22-23
Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 150-51, no. 192, pl. 179.1-2
