Porphyry Hand with Globe
Item
- Object Title
- Porphyry Hand with Globe
- Spatial Coverage
- Site: Felix Romuliana/Gamzigrad
- Modern Country: RS
- Roman Province: Dacia Ripensis
- Identifier
- Set #: Head of a Tetrarch (SEEDD Inv. # : XXX); Porphyry neck of a Tetrarch (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
- Pleiades ID# and Canonical URI
- Medium
- figural sculpture
- Material
- porphyry
- Description
- Production Marks: N/A
- Iconography: Hand holding sphere symbolized Roman pretensions of world domination; a common iconography in imperial imagery. See comparable examples from the Tetrarchic era (link to example from Luxor and Medallion reverse)
- General Photo: Front, left and right side views (see folder "Porphyry hand with globe")
- Date
- late 3rd/ early 4th c. CE
- Patron
- presumed imperial
- Subject
- Honorand: imperial
- Scribe
- AHC
- Media
Porphyry Hand with Globe