• r2-139-10
    Relief fragment with adult and child, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • r2-139-20
    Relief fragment with adult and child, drawing. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Relief Fragment with Adult and Child

Date
Late Hellenistic?, Hellenistic or Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S72.006
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Funerary Relief, Human Figure
Site
Sardis
Sector
B
Trench
Syn W 72
Locus
B BE-A
B-Grid Coordinates
E13.18 - E13.35 / N8.80 - N8.98 *96.94
Findspot
BE-C
Description

At the l. are the neck, shoulders, and part of the chest of an adult--whether man or woman is difficult to tell. The head was possibly veiled. The r. hand clutches the cloth coming over the l. shoulder; the arm must have been covered by the himation, a small portion of which is preserved. At the r. is the head of a child, probably a girl, as indicated by the rounded hair at the r. ear. The piece was probably broken up into fragments for burning in the limekiln found nearby (BASOR 211, 28, fig. 9).

The fragment is probably part of a larger three-figured funerary relief, with a large figure in the center, and a child at each side. Probably late Hellenistic.

Condition

Coarse grayish white local marble.

Broken on all sides. Only small portion of two figures preserved.

Dimensions
H. 0.095; W. 0.165; Th. 0.030.
Comments
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Author
NHR