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LSA-836 Life-size porphyry bust of Tetrarch. From Athribis (Augustamnica). 284-305.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Athribis Province: Augustamnica Region: Egypt
Details: Athribis
Current Location: Cairo Museum, inv. no. 7257
OBJECT
Object: Bust Material: Porphyry Re-Use? No
Clothing: cloak, chlamys; tunic/chiton Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 59
Attributes: fibula Beard: Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand: Tetrarch Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 284 Latest: 305
MAIN REFERENCE
Delbrueck, R., Antike Porphyrwerke. Studien zur spätantiken Kunstgeschichte, vol. 6, Berlin 1932, 92-4, pls. 38-9 (Licinius?)

Grimm, G., Kunst der Ptolemäer- und Römerzeit im Ägyptischen Museum Kairo , Mainz 1975, 21-2, no. 29, pls. 58-61

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