Currently not on view
Head of a priest of the Imperial cult, possibly from a votive pillar,
ca. 125–150 CE
Roman
Early Antonine Period, 138–193 CE
y1990-3
Information
Title
Head of a priest of the Imperial cult, possibly from a votive pillar
Dates
ca. 125–150 CE
Medium
Bluish marble
Dimensions
48.5 x 40.5 x 36.0 cm (19 1/8 x 15 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
y1990-3
Place Collected
Europe, Italy, Rome
Period
Materials
Purchased by the Museum from Robin Symes in 1990
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1990," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 50, no. 1 (1991): p. 16-69., p. 56
- J. Michael Padgett, ed., Roman sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 2001)., cat. no. 57
- 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
