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Torso fragment with high-girt chiton, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Torso Fragment with High-Girt Chiton
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 60
- Date
- 1st or 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S60.011
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Draped Woman, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- BE 60
- B-Grid Coordinates
- *98.50 - 98.00
- Findspot
- B MC
- Description
The figure wears a chiton, tied beneath the breasts by a belt, in a double knot. A second, heavier garment, the himation, was slung across her hips, and the end of it can be seen hanging over her l. shoulder.
The same arrangement of dress is seen here as in Cat. 53 (Fig. 164). The present example is less competent in the carving; the harder style may be 1st or 2nd C. A.D.
- Condition
Marble.
Two joining pieces extend from the next to waist. One piece, much smaller than the other, preserves only the draped right breast. Both arms are missing.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.44; W. 0.32; Th. 0.23.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR