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LSA-984 Portrait head of Severan woman with adjusted physiognomy. From Rome. Fourth century.










PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Roma Province: Roma Region: Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details: Caelian Hill, Basilica Hilariana
Current Location: Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
OBJECT
Object: Head, separately worked Material: Marble Re-Use? Yes
Clothing: n/a Hairstyle: Other Height(cm): 22.5
Attributes: Beard: n/a
SUBJECT
Honorand: Position: Gender: Female
Awarder: Position:
DATE
Earliest: 300 Latest: 400
MAIN REFERENCE
Ensoli, S. and E. La Rocca (eds.), Aurea Roma: dalla città pagana alla città cristiana, Roma 2000, 452-3, no. 40 (Carignani: mid fourth century)

Carignani, A. 'Ritratto femminile tardoantico dal Celio', Bollettino di archeologia 5-6, Rome 1990, 189-191, figs. 36-8

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