• r2-69-10
    Fragment of palliatus. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

    Fragment of Palliatus

    Date
    1st or 2nd C. AD, Roman
    Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
    S10.003
    Material
    Marble, Stone
    Object Type
    Sculpture
    Sculpture Type
    Draped Man, Human Figure
    Site
    Sardis
    Sector
    AT
    Locus
    AT Precinct
    Findspot
    Found by Butler and brought to Sardis camp from AT in 1971.
    Description

    The l. leg is brought forward and framed by vertical folds. Simple long curving diagonal folds cover r. leg and move around to back side, where they are shallower. At back, coming from under bent l. arm, is a triangular end piece of cloak with tassel. Part of l. side and adjacent cloak are point-trimmed; back is almost entirely flat chisel work. Entire front has been smoothed. Lower part of statue was pieced on, as can be seen by the carefully trimmed and deep cutting which goes across the fragment as preserved.

    Large simple folds are plastically modeled, especially on r. side.

    Condition

    White-gray local marble; reddish discoloration where unexposed, weathered gray-black.

    L. upper thigh to below knees preserved; one fold broken off.

    Dimensions
    P.H. 0.22; W. 0.48; D. 0.34. About lifesize.
    Comments
    See Also
    Bibliography
    On the palliatus, see references under Cat. 67 (Fig. 182).
    Author
    NHR