Portrait head of Tetrarch wearing wreath with busts. Felix Romuliana (Dacia Ripensis). Early fourth century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Felix Romuliana
Province:
Dacia Ripensis
Region:
North Balkans and Danube provinces
Details:
Baths, southeast quarter in 1993
Current Location:
National Museum, Zajèčar, inv. no. 1477
OBJECT
Object:
Head
Material:
Porphyry
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Short-cropped
Height(cm):
35
Attributes:
bust crown; orb; wreath
Beard:
Clean-shaven
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Tetrarch
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
293
Latest:
317
MAIN REFERENCE
Srejović, D. 'The Representations of Tetrarchs in Romuliana', Antiquité tardive 2, Paris 1994, 143-52, figs. 10-17
Sommer-von Bülow, G. and U. Wulf-Rheidt, Felix Romuliana. Der Palast des Kaisers Galerius und sein Umfeld. Eine serbisch-deutsche Kooperation / Palata imperatora Galerija i njena okolina. Srpsko-nemacka saradnja, Berlin 2009, 17, fig. 1.2 (coloured version)
Laubscher, H.-P., 'Beobachtungen zu tetrarchischen Kaiserbildnissen aus Porphyr', Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 114, Berlin 1999, 242-250
