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Upper part of under-lifesize female torso. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Upper Part of Under-Lifesize Female Torso
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 11
- Date
- 5th C. BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx63.012
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Human Figure, Draped Woman, Human Figure
- Site
- Çaltılıköy
- Findspot
- Brought to D.G. Mitten by Sabri Sert. Found at Çaltılıköy.
- Description
- A heavy cloak with large round folds is draped over the right shoulder, and round clasps button the chiton at the shoulder. There are thin, cleanly chiseled but not as yet transparent folds at the shoulder and V of neck. The piece seems parallel to figures in the Parthenon frieze, though possibly earlier and not under direct Parthenon influence.
- Condition
Marble.
Preserved is right shoulder, part of V under neck, and part of cloak and chiton. Broken at back.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.12; P.W. 0.22
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- GMAH