R2 Cat. 234
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
330-329 BC (Hellenistik)
C. H. Greenewalt, Jr. noted that at the top, the relief molding has painted egg and dart motif, yellow with black background. There are five lines of text in Lydian, with red preserved in some letters. Below the text is a sculptured scene showing a m...
R2 Cat. 236
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
550-540 BC (Lidya veya Geç Lidya)
On a plinth with forepaws extended in front, the lion has its head turned to the l. with the mouth wide open and tongue protruding. The eyes are hollow for inlay, the ears fairly close to the head. The mane is arranged in leaf-like locks, many ending...
R2 Cat. 237
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
()
"This [colossal lion's head] in all probability belonged to the cornice of the temple and when in place, stood in a position almost directly above the spot where it was found, being the water-spout nearest the corner of the temple. The scale of the h...
R2 Cat. 238
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
Late archaic? ()
A sitting bird of prey is holding with slightly bent talons a long-eared creature -- hare or rabbit. The wings are folded on the back; they have three tiers of long feathers, while the front part is stylized in small vertical ovals. The chest feather...
R2 Cat. 239
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
480-450 BC (Geç Lidya (Pers))
The seated sphinx is partly in the round, partly in relief. A rectangular slab has been worked so that the forelegs and frontal lower part of the body stand free. Behind the head (now lost) and upper part of the body the background was retained and w...
R2 Cat. 243
Heykel, Lahit
Mermer, Taş
2nd or early 3rd C. AD (Roma)
For full description and discussion, see Sardis V, 3ff.; Mansel, Erwerbungsbericht, 176, fig. 6; Ferrari, Commercio Sarcofagi, 39; Lawrence, Additional Sarcophagi, 116ff.; Wiegartz, Säulensarkophage, 158 (Istanbul G) and further bibliography therein....
R2 Cat. 245
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
2nd or 1st C. BC (Hellenistik)
The pediment has three acroteria: the central one has two snakes pointing downwards; the other two each have one snake pointing upwards. The recessed niche has tapering sides parallel to the stele sides. The relief shows a woman standing in a Pudicit...
R2 Cat. 252
Heykel
Mermer, Taş
Ca. 140 AD? (Antonine) (Roma)
The following description is taken from Sardis I, 147: "A colossal sculptured face, very well preserved . . . differs entirely from the similar heads found here; for, though in high relief, it was almost certainly never part of an entire head, but wa...