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    Fragment with charioteer, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Fragment with Charioteer

Date
3rd or 4th C. AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S72.007
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Funerary Relief, Votive Relief
Site
Sardis
Sector
B
Trench
Syn W 72
Locus
B BE-C
B-Grid Coordinates
E10.18 - E10.34 / N12.77 - N12.93 *97.24
Findspot
BE-C; near the limekiln, BASOR 211, 27-28, fig. 9.
Description

A Standing male figure is partially preserved; his l. arm, left part of his body, midriff, skirt, and part of the l. leg to just below the knee. This is a charioteer standing frontally, his l. arm lowered. He wears the typical chiton with multiple girding around his waist. The frame at the r. tapers upwards. The figure is carefully smoothed, as is the r. edge and the back of the frame.

The straight and rather linear folds indicate workmanship of a date not earlier than the 3rd, or possibly the 4th C. A.D. He may be from a funerary or a votive stele.

Condition

Grayish marble, large crystals. Decomposing at l. edge from a fire, crumbling with clear carbon streaks.

Broken on all sides except the r., where the broad frame is preserved.

Dimensions
H. 0.14; W. 0.175; Th. 0.04, W. of frame: top 0.075, bottom 0.085.
Comments
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Author
NHR