Object type
statue, portrait head
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
Paros marble
Technique
sculpting
Mint
Production date
37 / 50
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum de la Colònia
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Dimensions
30 x 22 x 24 cm
Description
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Posthumous portrait of Tiberius wearing the civic crown (of oak or ilex leaves). Broken in ancient times, the fragments were fixed with iron rods that led to them splitting. The youthful features of this posthumous representation of the emperor, similar to those of Caligula, suggest it was sculpted during the reign of his successor, or during the first years of that of Claudius. It was part of a gallery of Julian-Claudian family portraits in the Forum of the “Colonia”.
Image
3D Model
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID
1843