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Unfinished dancing satyr, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Unfinished Dancing Satyr
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 117
- Date
- 1st or early 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S60.007
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Mythological Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- BE 60
- Locus
- B Marble Court
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E20 / N57 ca *99.50
- Findspot
- B MC
- Description
Nebris of satyr is tied over r. shoulder. He was dancing, with l. leg forward and crossing the r., and r. arm raised above his head, as is clear from the stump of shoulder. Upper part of torso does not show marked twist, however. Entire back is unfinished. Blocking out of nebris and buttocks was done with flat chisel and gouge. The front of the body still shows fine claw chisel work incompletely abraded but already smooth; there is no drill work.
Highly competent Roman technique in different stages of completion. 1st or early 2nd C. A.D., up to Trajanic.
- Condition
Yellowish large-grained “local” marble.
Body preserved from lower neck to above knees.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.275; W. 0.09; D. 0.07.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- For famous type of dancing satyr see Bieber, Hellenistic Age, 39, figs. 95-96.
- Author
- NHR