Currently not on view
Keystone with bust of Tyche in high relief,
early 2nd century CE
Roman
y1930-456
Information
Title
Keystone with bust of Tyche in high relief
Dates
early 2nd century CE
Medium
Brown basalt
Dimensions
34.6 x 40.0 x 31.0 cm (13 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
lateral h. of keystone 30 cm, h. in the middle 34.6 cm, w. at bottom 33 cm, w. at the top 40 cm, d. of keystone 7 cm, d. with bust 31 cm
Credit Line
Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, 1904-5 and 1909
Object Number
y1930-456
Period
Type
Materials
Excavated in Syria by the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition, between 1904-5 and 1909; entered into the Museum’s collection shortly afterwards
- F. F. Jones and R. Goldberg, Ancient art in the Art Museum: Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1960)., p. 10; p. 11 (illus.)
- Susan B. Matheson, et al., An obsession with fortune: Tyche in Greek and Roman art, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1994).
- J. Michael Padgett, ed., Roman sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 2001)., cat. no. 109
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 141 (illus.)
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013), pg. 308
- Lisa R. Brody and Gail L. Hoffman, eds., Roman in the provinces: art on the periphery of empire, (Chestnut Hill, MA: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014)., p. 342; fig. 180
