Image
3D Model
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID 1843
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum de la Colònia
Roman world

Tiberius

MNAT-45002

Object type
statue, portrait head
Production date
37 / 50
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Tàrraco. Àrea del Fòrum de la Colònia
Materials
Paros marble
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
30 x 22 x 24 cm
Description
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”.