Head of Galerius

Head of Galerius

Site: Felix Romuliana/Gamzigrad

Modern Country: RS

Roman Province: Dacia Ripensis

Set #: Porphyry neck of a Tetrarch (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Porphyry hand with golobe (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Miniature porphyry foot 1 (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Miniature pophyry foot 2 (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Miniature porphyry foot 3 (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Porphyry wing fragment 1 (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Porphyry wing fragment 2 (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Porphyry fragment (Palm?) (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Miniature arm fragment with drapery (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX)

GPS/Spatial ID#: Zaječar

Current location relative to findspot: "Sector of the baths"; described as embedded as construction material in later wall

figural sculpture

porphyry

Production Marks: N/A

Iconography: Ideally this would be a field that (when necessary) allows for lengthy description and discussion; As placeholder text: The depicted figured is often interpretted as emperor Galerius based on the site's association with that ruler and the figure's corpulance (indicated by the prescence of a double chin). While the identification is highly possible (see Bergman's argument in LSA 845 discussion), Tetrarchic iconography was designed first and foremost to suggest the interchangability of the co-emperors, meaning that it is difficult--if not impossible--to convincingly distinguish between the portraits of any two Tetrarchic emperors.

General Photo: Ideally front, back, side views, and crown details (see folder "Head of a Tetrarch")

late 3rd/ early 4th c. CE

presumed imperial

Honorand: imperial

AHC

10/28/2017