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LSA-853 Bronze head, separately worked, of man with short beard, possibly a Tetrarch. Sabratha (Tripolitania). Late third century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Sabratha Province: Tripolitania Region: North Africa, Eastern (Tripolitania and Cyrenaica)
Details: cistern, near the Forum, which collected rain water from the portico on west side of Temple of Antoninus
Current Location: stolen in 1996
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Bronze Re-Use? No
Clothing: n/a Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 43.2
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, short
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Emperors Gender: Male
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 280 Latest: 300
MAIN REFERENCE
Lahusen, G. and E. Formigli, Römische Bildnisse aus Bronze : Kunst und Technik, Munich 2001, 309-310, no. 192 (Tetrarchic)

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