Image
3D Model
© Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Omeka ID 1817
Tàrraco. Teatre
Roman world

male armoured statue, thoracatus

MNAT-7583

Object type
statue
Production date
-37 / 235
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Tàrraco. Teatre
Materials
Luni-Carrara marble
Township
Tarragona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Tarragona, Tarragonès)
Technique
sculpting
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
182,3 x 82,5 x 44 cm
Description
Thoracatus from the Roman theatre that, together with MNAT 7582 and MNAT 45602, formed part of the decoration of the scaenae frons. It is an emperor dressed as a general with a cuirass decorated with geometric motifs and three serpents (from the head of Medusa).There are different hypotheses regarding the chronology of these statues, which makes it difficult to identify the characters they represent correctly.