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Overview of fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Part of Leg (?)
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 85
- Date
- 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.027.6
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Human Figure, Colossal Imperial Portrait, Portrait
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AT
- Trench
- Church M
- Findspot
- Original findspot unknown; found in the ruins of the first Sardis expedition house, July, 1961.
- Description
The preserved surfaces of the rounded segment are highly polished. The finish resembles that of Antoninus Pius.
Fragments Cat. 80, Cat. 81, Cat. 82, Cat. 83, Cat. 84, Cat. 85, Cat. 86 and Cat. 87 (Figs. 198-200) may belong to the colossal statue of Antoninus Pius (Cat. 79 Figs. 196-197) and date to ca. A.D. 140.
- Condition
- White, gray-weathered marble.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.16; W. 0.42; H. at back 0.06.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR