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Head of satyr, three-quarter view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Head of Satyr
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 119
- Date
- 2nd C. or 3rd C. AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S72.005
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Mythological Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- B 72 Test
- Locus
- B BE-B
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E25.0 / N3.0 *96.40
- Findspot
- BE-B
- Description
The head is turned to its r. The open mouth is gracefully curved. Inner corners of eyes are set deeply under the heavy brow. It has pointed satyr ears. The hair is in locks brushed loosely away from face, separated by wide, deep channels. A fillet is shown by a broad groove. Hair from crown is arranged in regular swirls to fillet; continues down over back of neck.
The face is modeled with sensitivity but the treatment of hair is somewhat coarse. Perhaps a 2nd or 3rd C. A.D. copy of a Hellenistic satyr possibly from the “Invitation to the Dance” group.
- Condition
White marble.
Head and part of neck preserved. Surface mostly damaged.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.093; W. 0.065.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: BASOR211, 27, fig. 7. For satyr of “Invitation to Dance,” See Bieber, Hellenistic Age,139; Brinkerhoff, New Examples; Brinkerhoff, Antioch, 39-40, figs. 58-62.
- Author
- NHR