Portrait head of bearded man (re-worked), with cross on forehead. Corinth (Achaea). Fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Corinth
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
Lechaeum road/ Peribolos of Apollo
Current Location:
Corinth museum inv. no. S-919
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
28
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
320
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
de Grazia, C. E., American School of Classical Studies at Athens, "Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Corinth: The Roman Portrait Sculpture," Ph.D. Dissertation , Columbia University, 1973, pp. 229-34 no. 58 pl. 74
Johnson, F. P., Sculpture, 1896-1923: Corinth IX, 1, Cambridge, Mass. 1931, p. 91 no. 178
