Archaistic torso
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 58
- 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
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR