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Draped female torso, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Draped Female Torso
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 268
- Date
- 2nd-3rd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx59.063
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Draped Woman
- Site
- Ödemiş
- Findspot
- Allegedly from Ödemiş.
- Description
The figure appears to have been moving toward r. with r. arm raised, left lowered and probably held against her stomach, where there is a prominent break. A lock of hair lies on her l. shoulder, falling over the graceful wide neckline of the high-girt peplos; at r. is a trace of hair. Pronounced folds accentuate the breasts. At the bottom of the overhang the folds effectively imitate cloth. The back has only shallow folds, summarily carved.
Deep drilling and linear effect suggest a date in the later 2nd or more likely 3rd C. A.D.
- Condition
- Grayish large-crystalled marble with yellow discoloration. Preserved neck to thighs.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.32.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR