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Fragment with charioteer, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment with Charioteer
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 157
- 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
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR