Togate bust of man with curly hair. From Ephesus. Fifth century
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
built into the stairway leading to the Baths of Scholasticia, found in 1956 and 1958
Current Location:
Ephesus Museum, Selçuk, inv. nos. 743 (head) and 850 (bust), exc. inv. 255/1956 and 2/1958
OBJECT
Object:
Bust
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
toga, late antique; tunic, colobium; tunic, sleeved
Hairstyle:
Wreath-style
Height(cm):
68,5
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
450
Latest:
550
MAIN REFERENCE
Oberleitner, W. 'Fragment eines spätantiken Porträtkopfes aus Ephesos', Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts in Wien 44, Vienna 1959, 87-88, 93-94, 97, fig. 63-64
Inan, J. and E. Rosenbaum, Roman and Early Byzantine Portrait Sculpture in Asia Minor, Oxford 1966, 156-157, no. 201, pl. 184.2, 185.3-4
