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Fragment of hair and neck of Antonius Pius, in situ, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment of Hair and Neck
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 103
- Date
- 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.027.13
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Human Figure, Colossal Imperial Portrait, Portrait
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AT
- Trench
- Church M
- Locus
- AT Church M
- Findspot
- Built into foundation of outer (E) apse of Church M, 0.40 E of inner jamb of N door, under earlier of two floors *100.75. For the location, see Fig. 1. No. 18. Fig. 226 shows the fragment in situ.
- Description
Fragments Cat. 103, Cat. 104 and Cat. 105 (Figs. 226-228) may belong with Cat. 102 (Figs. 223-225) statue of Zeus.
The thin strip of polished neck has two rows of locks, the inner row of six separated by a chiseled channel from the outer row. Four locks curl inward, like the inner row; then reverse direction to pointed locks curling outward and upward. Perhaps head hair on proper right side of neck.
Workmanship and weathering suggest Zeus; the bravura drill work of Antoninus Pius (Cat. 79 Figs. 196-197) is not present.
- Condition
- Yellowish weathering of marble and large crystals resembling marble of Zeus head (
Cat. 102 ). - Dimensions
- Visible L. 0.29; P.H. 0.18; W. first row of locks 0.07, of second row 0.08.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR