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Fragment of reclining figure in relief. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Fragment of reclining figure in relief. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Reclining Figure on Lid
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 187
- Date
- Late 2nd or 3rd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.025
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Sarcophagus
- Sculpture Type
- Sarcophagus
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AT
- Trench
- Church M
- Locus
- AT Church M
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *1.54
- Findspot
- Originally found by Butler; housed in intervening years in inner Church M.
- Description
- The r. arm, mostly missing, lies across the body. The r. knee is slightly bent. Many small curves of drapery fall over the legs, while a long fold lies parallel to the body but behind it, on the lid. The type of reclining figure is like those of the Claudia Antonia Sabina sarcophagus (Cat. 243 Fig. 422) but a date in the late 2nd or 3rd C. is possible.
- Condition
Marble.
Front and r. leg of recumbent figure, preserved chest to mid-calf. Small area of flat lid remains behind the figure.
- Dimensions
- L. 0.64; W. 0.46; Th. 0.25.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- For a discussion of the type and bibliography, see Cumont, Recherches, 388ff.
- Author
- NHR