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Overview of fragment of face and hair. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment of Face and Hair
- Date
- 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.027.9
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Human Figure, Colossal Imperial Portrait, Portrait
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AT
- Trench
- Church M
- Findspot
- Original findspot unknown.
- Description
Fragments Cat. 103, Cat. 104 and Cat. 105 (Figs. 226-228) may belong with Cat. 102 (Figs. 223-225) statue of Zeus.
Three large incurling locks, standing ca. 0.13 from the face, overlie an inner row of six curls sketched with the chisel. The feathered right eyebrow, damaged by a recent break, is only sketched with the chisel. Long drill runs separate inner and outer locks. It does not join the head of Antoninus (Cat. 79 Figs. 196-197) and the workmanship is finer. F. Prascsaits, the experienced sculptor of the Ephesus Expedition, thought an attribution to the Hellenistic Zeus possible (Aug. 29, 1971). Otherwise, the fragment may come from a third, different colossal head earlier than Antoninus Pius.
- Condition
Yellowish weathering of marble. In several places the finely polished surface has pulled away. Whitmore: compares with Sardis MD quarry group A.
R. eyebrow and curl preserved.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.34; W. 0.30; D. 0.36.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR