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LSA-856 Head of polycleitan type reworked into portrait head. Gortyna (Creta). Late third to earlier fifth century










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Gortyna Province: Creta Region: Aegean Islands, with Crete
Details: Gortyna, praetorium, settore B
Current Location: Gortys, museum, inv. no. 6691
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm):
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, stubble
SUBJECT
Honorand: Unknown, perhaps imperial Position: Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 280 Latest: 450
MAIN REFERENCE
De Tommaso, G., Lippolis, E. & C. Portale, Scultura, Gortina V.3. Lo scavo del pretorio (1989-1995). - Vol. V.3* t. II -. I materiali. A cura di A. Di Vita, 570-592, Padova 2001, pp. 570-1 no. 1 figs. 216-19

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