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LSA-755
Portrait head of Empress in Lateran-Louvre ('Ariadne-Amalasuntha') type. From Rome. Late fifth to early sixth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
possiby from area of Lateran, recorded already in 16th c.
Current Location:
Museo della Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Other
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
n/a
Height(cm):
14
Attributes:
diadem, jewelled; other
Beard:
n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Ariadne
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Position:
DATE
Earliest:
480
Latest:
525
MAIN REFERENCE
Schade, K.,
Frauen in der Spätantike--Status und Repräsentation
, Mainz 2003
, 220-22, no. I 61, pls. 63.3-4 and 64.3-4.
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