Porphyry Neck of a Tetrarch
Item
- Object Title
- Porphyry Neck of a Tetrarch
- Spatial Coverage
- Site: Felix Romuliana/Gamzigrad
- Modern Country: RS
- Roman Province: Dacia Ripensis
- Identifier
- Set #: Head 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/Spacial ID#: Zaječar
- Pleiades ID# and Canonical URI
- Medium
- figural sculpture
- Material
- porphyry
- Description
- Production Marks: N/A
- Iconography: Stylized rendering of hairline and musculature are similar in execution to those in the Head of a Tetrarch (SEEDD Inv. #???). Presence of a second neck indicates either a single porphyry group with two rulers and at least two victories (see Miniature Porphyry foot 1, 2, and 3, SEEDD Inv. # ???-???), or two seperate groups each featuring one ruler and one or more victories. Comparable iconography exists on a Tetrarchic medallion (link to medallion example).
- General Photo: ideally front, back, and side views (see folder "Porphyry Neck of a Tetrarch")
- Date
- late 3rd/ early 4th c. CE
- Patron
- presumed imperial
- Subject
- Honorand: imperial
- Scribe
- AHC
- Entered
- 10/28/2017
