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LSA-841 Porphyry column decorated with group of two embracing younger Tetrarchs. Rome. 293-305.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Baths of Domitian or Temple of Romulus
Current Location: Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican
OBJECT
Object: Other Material: Porphyry Re-Use? No
Clothing: armour; cloak, paludamentum; footwear, closed, plain boots; tunic, sleeved Hairstyle: Short-cropped Height(cm): 385
Attributes: orb; wreath, laurel Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Galerius and Constantius I Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 293 Latest: 305
MAIN REFERENCE
L'Orange, H. P., Das spätantike Herrscherbild von Diokletian bis zu den Konstantin-Söhnen, 284-361 n. Chr. Das Römische Herrscherbild. III. Abteilung ; Bd. 4 , Berlin 1984, 6-9, 27, 99-100, pls.5, 7

Calza, R., Iconografia Romana Imperiale. Da Carausio a Giuliano (287-363 d. C.), Rome 1972, 104-105, no.9 pls.12.30-32, 33,91

Laubscher, H.-P., 'Beobachtungen zu tetrarchischen Kaiserbildnissen aus Porphyr', Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 114, Berlin 1999, 207-239, figs. 3-4

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