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View of fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Part of Chest or Shoulder (?)
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 86
- Date
- 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.027.7
- 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 ruined house of the first Sardis expedition, July 1961.
- Description
The preserved surface shows a hollow between two parts of the chest or shoulder blades or spine. The finish resembles that of the Antoninus Pius statue.
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.
Only small part of original surface preserved in front.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.31; P.W. 0.38. P. surface: H. 0.34; W. 0.30.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR