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Fragment with eagle and oak spray. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment of Capital with Eagle and Oak Spray
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 192
- Date
- Hellenistic
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx63.005
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Capital, Animal
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- Findspot unknown.
- Description
- The eagle projects forward almost in the round, covering nearly the entire height of the pilaster capital. The profile at the top has a torus with a projecting animal head. Behind the l. shoulder of the eagle starts an oak spray which continues from the front to the side of the capital; it is tied at the corner by a round object, then goes down the side in a fine sweeping natural curve. This is delicate Hellenistic workmanship.
- Condition
Hard gray marble.
L. side of capital broken away, also top r. corner and back. Head of eagle missing.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.31; W. 0.18; P.H. of eagle 0.20.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- For Roman eagle capitals, see Mercklin, Antike Figuralkapitelle, 221ff.
- Author
- NHR