Antinous

Distance:
Country

Spain

Region

Catalonia

Material

Marble

Age

Antiquity

Provenance

Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona

Catalog number

MNAT45406

Internal ID

MNAT45406

Digitization date

2/12/2019

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

1135

Hardware

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

Sigma 35 mm 1.4

Lighting

Spotlight

Antinous statue from the site of Els Munts (Tarragona, Spain). Depiction of the young Bithynian. A slave and favourite of Hadrian, who the emperor deified following his tragic death by drowning in the Nile in 122 AD. His presence in the Villa of Els Munts would denote the loyalty of the villa´s owner to emperor. The sculpture is dated in the Mid of the 2nd century AD.

1135 photos completely processed in Reality Capture. The project was done with the support of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona and the Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural. Catalog No. MNAT45406.

Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (2019): Tarraco: Exposición de síntesis. Generalitat de Catalunya Publicacions.