Portrait bust in limestone, possibly of tetrarch. Alexandria (Aegyptus). Third century.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Alexandria
Province:
Aegyptus
Region:
Egypt
Details:
Alexandria
Current Location:
Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, inv. no. 3701
OBJECT
Object:
Bust
Material:
Local stone
Re-Use?
No
Clothing:
cloak, paludamentum
Hairstyle:
Short
Height(cm):
35
Attributes:
fibula
Beard:
Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Unknown
Position:
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Unknown
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
200
Latest:
300
MAIN REFERENCE
Graindor, P., Bustes et statues-portraits d'Égypte romaine, Cairo 1937, 67-8 no. 22 pl. 20 b
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, 27, 106 (Galerius)
L'Orange, H. P., Studien zur Geschichte des spätantiken Porträts, Oslo 1933, pp. 22-3, 112 cat. no. 16 figs. 46, 48
