SculptureRoman4th-5th century CE

Head from a Small Portrait, a Statue of a Woman, or a Small Statue of the Good Shepherd

c. 375-450 CE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Greek marble, from Thasos or northwest Asia Minor

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine

Century

4th-5th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

10 cm (3 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Daphne (Turkey, Hatay). 1935, sold [1]; to the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939. [1] Richard Stillwell (ed), 1938, "Catalogue of Sculpture," in Antioch-on-the-Orontes II: The Excavations, 1933-1936, p.179 cat. 240 (no. 4732-60S). This object was purchased, rather than excavated, by the expedition and is said to come from Daphne.