Upper part of portrait head of man with balding pate, wreath hairstyle, and inset pupils. From Ephesus. Fifth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Theater
Current Location:
lost
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Wreath-style
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
400
Latest:
550
MAIN REFERENCE
Oberleitner, W. 'Fragment eines spätantiken Porträtkopfes aus Ephesos', Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Wien 44, Vienna 1959, 90. 92-93, fig. 65
Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 155-6, no. 200, pl. 186,3