Portrait head of bearded man wearing wreath-like crown.Corinth (Achaea). Second or late fourth to early fifth century?
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Corinth
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
Lechaeum road/ Peribolos of Apollon
Current Location:
Corinth museum inv. no. S-920
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
31
Attributes:
wreath; wreath, laurel
Beard:
Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Religious Office-Holders
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
180
Latest:
450
MAIN REFERENCE
Vanderpool, C., Roman Portraiture, Williams, C. K. II & N. Bookidis, Corinth, the centenary, 1896-1996: Corinth XX, 369-384, Princeton 2003, fig. 22, 14
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. 217-23 no. 53 pls. 69-70
