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Torso of half-draped male, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Torso of Half-Draped Male
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 126
- Date
- 1st C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S59.060
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Mythological Figure, Draped Man, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- UT
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E80.00 / S210.00 ca *124.00
- Findspot
- UT
- Description
R. arm is against his side; l. arm is covered by the cloak which falls vertically in front and crosses diagonally to r. armpit in back. Musculature of chest and stomach is indicated in broad planes. R. hip is higher, thus weight is on r. leg.
The workmanship appears to be of the 1st. C. A.D., but the type dates to the 4th C. B.C. The prototype for this piece would be a god such as Zeus, Poseidon, or Asklepios.
- Condition
Marble.
Naval to base of neck preserved. Incrustation from cement (reuse) on front.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.107; W. 0.107.
- Comments
- For prototype, cf. Furtwängler, Meisterwerke, 368ff. and fig. 50. Cf. also Paribeni, Cirene, no. 214, pl. 113. Also Cat. 125 (Figs. 254-256).
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR