Marble head, nose mutilated, chin and right eyebrow chipped, edge of left ear missing; back of the head cut flat, square dowel hole in center. Right side of head broken off and smoothed. 1st century AD.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Marble (rock)
Person depicted:
Tiberius (Emperor of Rome)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Roman, Imperial portrait, probably Tiberius.
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1964-1965 #67: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/David Wright (March 15, 1965–March 23, 1965), S1965-1966 #86a: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (May 19, 1966–September 6, 1966), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1974-1975 #36: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 11, 1974–April 22, 1981), S1979-1980 #34: University of California, Santa Cruz (February 11, 1980–April 16, 1980), and S1996-1997 #5e: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 27, 1996–April 17, 1997)