Unfinished portrait head of bearded man (in process of being re-worked). Corinth (Achaea). Late fourth to fifth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Corinth
Province:
Achaea
Region:
Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details:
Agora
Current Location:
Corinth museum inv. no. S-697
OBJECT
Object:
Head, separately worked
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Brushed forward
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
390
Latest:
500
MAIN REFERENCE
Vanderpool, C., Roman Portraiture, Williams, C. K. II & N. Bookidis, Corinth, the centenary, 1896-1996: Corinth XX, 369-384, Princeton 2003, p. 375 n. 33 fig. 22.7
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. 226-7 no. 55 pl. 72