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    Archaistic torso, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Archaistic torso

Date
1st C. BC or AD, Hellenistic or Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S62.004
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Draped Woman, Human Figure
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
E28 / S82 surface
Findspot
HoB. Surface.
Description

She wears a thin chiton with vertical wavy folds over r. shoulder and breast; an incised line for the seam runs from the neckline down r. arm. Heavier drapery of himation sweeps diagonally across the front, r. armpit to l. shoulder, with the loose end falling down the back. The back side is little worked except for heavy diagonal folds of the himation, continuing from front. Lower r. arm was attached by an iron clamp, still preserved.

The workmanship is entirely by chisel. The front, especially the neck, is very smoothly finished. Style of dress and folds is archaistic, of 1st C. B.C. or A.D.

Condition

White marble.

Neck to hips preserved, r. arm missing from above elbow.

Dimensions
H. 0.20; W. at elbows 0.18; D. 0.09.
Comments
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Author
NHR