Marble Head of Helios, Gytheum

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Contributors:	Deligiannakis, Georgios
Title:	Marble Head of Helios, Gytheum
Start date:	300
End date:	399
Historical Period:	Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description:	Badly damaged over-life-sized marble head with radiate headgear found in the Roman theatre of Gytheum. It probably belonged to a public statue or shield monument of the god Helios. Dated to late antiquity. It may also be suggested that this monument was intended to pay honour to the ruling emperor, who was associated with the god Helios.
Size:	0.52 m. height, 0.37 m. width.
Place:	Gýtheio, Greece
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	marble (rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	OUC Georgios Deligiannakis Archive
Physical type:	statues
Material and technique:	sculpture in the round
Data provider:	Open University of Cyprus
License:	All rights reserved
Rights holder:	Archaeological Ephorate of Laconia
Appears in Collections:	BYZART