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    Hekate, Manisa 373. ()

    Hekate

    Date
    2nd C. AD, Roman
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 375
    Museum Inventory No.
    375
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    Manisa 375
    Material
    Marble, Stone
    Object Type
    Sculpture
    Sculpture Type
    Mythological Figure
    Site
    Alaşehir (Philadelphia)
    Findspot
    From Alaşehir
    Description

    The three-headed Hekate has a common trunk and polos, and three arms. The faces are badly worn, but are flat, with prominent rounded chins. The hair, parted in the middle, falls in undifferentiated tresses to the shoulders. Breasts are clearly delineated beneath her high-girt peplos which has V-shaped folds between breasts, and, below the high belt, some V- and some U-shaped folds. The bottom of the overfall is rounded. The undergarment has softened U-shaped folds at the corners, and a central vertical fold between the legs on each side.

    The arms are stump-like and lack modeling; the figure is stocky. Drapery is linear in concept, typically archaistic, even though some depth is achieved in the folds. There is no evidence of the drill. A Hellenistic date is possible but the stocky proportions and treatment of anatomy look Roman, probably 2nd C. A.D.

    Condition

    Marble.

    Broken and repaired at neck. All three lower arms broken off. Broken below knees. Top of polos missing.

    Dimensions
    H. ca. 0.325.
    Comments
    On Hekateia, see Harrison, Agora XI, 86ff. and Th. Kraus, Hekate. Cf. esp. with Harrison, ibid., 101, no. 140, pl. 34 and 104-105, no. 151, pl. 37. Cf. also Hekateion from Sardis (Cat. 248, Fig. 429-430).
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    Author
    NHR