A CONTROVERSIAL ART PIECE FROM EPHESOS MUSEUM

Abstract

The most important point in the field of international portrait research is the question of whether a portrait is official or private. This question also provides us answers to the questions that to which emperor or empress the portrait discussed belonged or from which emperor or empress the portrait was done by inspiring. This vital issue is an important factor guiding us for identification and dating of the piece. In my paper based on international portrait research criteria, the male head discussed by both J. Inan and M. Wegner was also discussed by V. M. Strocka and N. Baydur in 1989. As a result of scientific explanations contrary to the evaluations by J. Inan and N. Baydur, it was agreed about the date and name stated by M. Wegner ve V. M. Strocka for the male head studied also by R. Ozgan in 2013. Thus, there are two different definitions and dating by five scientists. Therefore, in this paper prepared with the concern of finding answers to the questions mentioned above, I will try to date Ephesos head on which there are disagreements for definition and dating in the direction of scientific explanations