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LSA-908 Portrait head of Plato. Athens (Achaea). Late third to fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Athens Province: Achaea Region: Greece and South Balkans (with Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace)
Details: area of the Tower of the Winds
Current Location: Athens, Acropolis Museum
OBJECT
Object: Head Material: Marble Re-Use? No
Clothing: Hairstyle: Short Height(cm): 24
Attributes: Beard: Bearded, long
SUBJECT
Honorand: Plato Position: Intellectuals, Lawyers and Doctors Gender: Male
Awarder: Unknown Position: Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest: 275 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Dorhn, T. ‘Ein spätantikes Platonporträt’, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung 63-64, Berlin 138-1939, 163-7, pls. 65-66 (c. 275-320)

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