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© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID 1853
Ager Tarraconensis. Els Munts
Roman world

Antinoüs

MNAT-45406

Object type
statue, portrait head
Production date
140 / 160
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Ager Tarraconensis. Els Munts
Materials
Paros marble
Township
Altafulla (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
98 x 30 x 18 cm
Description
A representation of the young Bithynian slave deified by the Emperor Hadrian following his tragic death. From the Roman villa of Els Munts (Altafulla). After Antinoüs drowned in the Nile, Hadrian ordered numerous effigies of him to be erected throughout the Empire. The sculpture, of which the head, torso and part the extremities are preserved, corresponds with absolute reliability to the stereotype created to perpetuate the memory of Antinoüs. Very few of these portraits are found in private contexts. Its placement in the villa of Els Munts is a possible indication that the owner of the mansion wished to demonstrate his loyalty to the emperor.

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