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Head of Zeus, Manisa 10. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Head of Zeus
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 108
- Date
- Antonine?, Roman?
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 10
- Museum Inventory No.
- 10
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Manisa 10
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Mythological Figure, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- Findspot unknown, came to Manisa in 1934.
- Description
- The hair is piled up in wreath-like coiffure above the forehead. The crown of the head is carved in flatter waves, encircled by a rounded and twisted fillet. Lower half of ears shows beneath hair, as on the Boston head from Mylasa. Loose strands fall on neck, as on a Sardian coin of Zeus Lydios.Stop-and-go drill in ear and locks suggests Antonine date, as Cat. 107 (Figs. 231-232). The chief difference from the preceding piece is the presence of the fillet, and the hair leaving the lower ear exposed. It is still very likely that this is an example of Zeus Lydios.
- Condition
- Yellowish local marble. Broken at neck. Face lost except for traces of eyes and r. corner of mouth.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.155; W. 0.115; D. 0.10.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- For Boston head from Mylasa, coin of Zeus Lydios, and general discussion, Metraux, Head of Zeus, pl. 36, figs. 5, 6, 9.
- Author
- NHR