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Herakles (?) incised on block, detail. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Herakles (?) Incised on Block
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 166
- Date
- Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx61.008
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Relief
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- Purchased in village of Sart Mahmut (Sardis).
- Description
- In the center front of the block, 0.02 under the upper edge, is a shallow incised and chiseled figure of a standing nude male with a club (?) held in his r. hand and one end of it resting on the ground. He may have a lion skin over his l. arm, thus possibly Herakles. The top and bottom of the stone are cut with a rough, large chisel; the front and r. side are claw chiseled. The figure is utterly crude and seems to be a casual doodle. The date is impossible to ascertain.
- Condition
Marble.
L. side and back of block broken off.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.12; W. 0.45; Th 0.275; H. of figure 0.055.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR