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Relief fragment with adult and child, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
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
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR