Antiochus (sculptor)

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Woman's head from Susa, signed by Antiochus

Antiochus was an ancient sculptor who perhaps worked in the late first or early second century AD. He is only known from his signature on a marble woman's head from Susa , where he describes himself as the son of Dryas. The woman's head is often assigned to the Musa , who ruled at the turn of the ages. Stylistically, however, the work dates to the turn of the second century AD and perhaps rather depicts the wife of a local ruler.

literature

  • Irene Huber, Udo Hartmann : The position of women at the court of the Arsacids . In: Antonio Panaino, A. Piras (Ed.): Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Societas Iranologica Europea . Mimesis, Milano 2007, ISBN 9788884834645 , p. 493.
personal data
SURNAME Antiochus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century or 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century or 3rd century