The Met’s catalogue: a portrait of Antoninus Pius
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogue identifies object 253386 (accession 33.11.3) as “Marble portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius”, assigns the cultural label “Roman”, gives the material as “Marble”, and displays the date “ca. 138–161 CE”.
What this does and does not establish
A source-attributed catalogue description, not independently established material, identity, origin or exact manufacture date. No image or physical object was inspected. The API numeric bounds are 100–199, broader than its displayed approximate date ca. 138–161 CE; this discrepancy is retained, not resolved. Navigation uses the broader API bounds only as an approximate discovery interval.
How it is dated
- In the source
- ca. 138–161 CE; API numeric search bounds 100–199
- How we use it
- Museum catalogue indexing bounds, not exact manufacture dates or proof that an event occurred in every overlapped AD year.
- Method
- No historical calendar conversion. Preserve API numeric bounds as approximate discovery bounds; display label retained independently.
Sources and quoted text
Source 1
Marble portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius (catalogue record)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Selected catalogue fields (English)
{
"objectID": 253386,
"accessionNumber": "33.11.3",
"title": "Marble portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius",
"culture": "Roman",
"medium": "Marble",
"objectDate": "ca. 138–161 CE",
"objectBeginDate": 100,
"objectEndDate": 199,
"country": ""
}Reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access Collection API (CC0), object 253386. Retain catalogue attribution, date-label/numeric-bound differences and snapshot verification date. No physical-object inspection is claimed.
Exact source version
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Source checked 2026-11-04. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth.
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