Portrait head with beard and full straight hair. From Antaradus (Syria). Later second to early third or late fourth to early fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Antaradus
Province:
Syria
Region:
Near East, with Cyprus
Details:
Antaradus
Current Location:
Louvre, Paris, inv. no. Ma 3625
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
n/a
Hairstyle:
Long, covers ears
Height(cm):
30
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
150
Latest:
425
MAIN REFERENCE
de Kersauson, K., Les portraits romains II; de l’année de la guerre civile (68-69 après J-C) à la fin de l’Empire , Paris 1996, 532-3, no. 254 (Biosse Duplan, K.)
Inan, J. & E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Römische und frühbyzantinische Porträ̈tplastik aus der Türkei : neue Funde, Mainz 1979, 277-8 no. 267 pl. 191