R2 Cat. 269

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 480-470 BC ()

The controversy over the “Borgia stele” is reviewed with bibliography by Friis-Johansen (Attic Grave-Reliefs, 125, n. 2) who notes that the provenance is not known with certainty. Finati (Supposto Ulisse, 3f., text, pl. 10) states that according to a...

R2 Cat. 270

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late Hellenistic or very early Roman Imperial (Hellenistic or Roman)

A horseman is shown riding to r. and approaching a round altar and tree. He wears a short tunic and a cloak attached with a brooch. His face is too damaged to determine whether or not he was bearded. A snake drinks from a patera (?) on the altar. A w...

R2 Cat. 271

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd or 3rd C. AD (Roman)

The figure wears a girt tunic with a chlamys fastened over the r. shoulder and falling down to his feet in back. There is a circular pillar at the l. leg. He holds a caduceus with the lowered l. hand. On the front of the base there is a Greek inscrip...

R2 Cat. 229

Sculpture

Serpentine, Stone

5th or 4th Millennium BC (Neolithic)

The head is broken from a figurine; enough of the neck remains to show that the head was turned to the proper r. and upward. There is a triangular crease in the center of the forehead. The eyes are asymmetrical, the r. one oval, the I. longer and sli...

R2 Cat. 47

Sculpture

Limestone, Stone

520-480 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The plain shaft rises from a simple low rectangular base. The proportion of shaft H. to W. is 4:1. Unlike Cat. 45 and Cat. 46 (Figs. 148-151) the convex volutes rose from two central stems; the eye was an elaborate plastic rosette. A thin, "mannerist...

R2 Cat. 48

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

500-450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The finial consisted of two spirals symmetrically placed in lyre-like design. H.C. Butler writes, "The two double reversed scrolls carried some crowning feature like a palmette. The scrolls were described by pulvinated bands with raised flat edges. T...

R2 Cat. 272

Sculpture, Inscription

Marble, Stone

5th-4th C. BC? (Late Lydian (Persian))

"There is no evidence for any covering of the inscription; no remnants of stucco nor mortar revetment backing nor revetment pin holes were observed anywhere on the piers. On the evidence, the inscription was visible when reused" (A.R. Seager, by lett...

R2 Cat. 273

Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

Original date 367-366 BC, 39th year of Artaxerxes II Mnemon. (Late Lydian (Persian))

The original base of the statue is lost. Its inscription, a dedication by the satrap Droaphernes, was copied in Roman times together with other texts. The inscription is published with commentary by L. Robert. I believe with C.H. Greenewalt, Jr. (Sev...

R2 Cat. 275

Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

20-30 AD (Roman)

The preserved top of the plinth has fine pointed chisel work; the interior of the cutting for the statue base is rough chiseled. The profile shows a simple molding at top and bottom, with a drafted band below the top molding.

Socrates son of Polemaio...

R2 Cat. 276

Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

166 AD (Roman)

The top of the plinth has a cutting, off center, for a statue. The inscription face is slightly concave.

The inscription and statue probably were set up to honor the Emperor on his visit to Sardis in A.D. 166.

R2 Cat. 277

Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

211-212 AD (Roman)

The two blocks have a simple flaring molding at the bottom and rest upon a larger profiled base, which is also made of two blocks.

R2 Cat. 278

Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

4th-6th C. AD (Roman)

The base has a molded profile at top and bottom. A vertical channel is cut in one side for a water pipe.

Letter forms suggest a late date, 4th-6th C. A.D.

R2 Cat. 274

Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription

Marble, Stone

(Late Lydian (Persian))

The top is very roughly trimmed with large point and is clearly not the original surface which probably was smooth. The rather deeply cut holes for two feet seem to be for a human statue (left cutting: L. 0.155; D. 0.045; right cutting: L. 0.14; D. u...

M10 Cat. Cor 1

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 750-720 BC (Lydian)

Reconstructed. Portion of the trefoil mouth, body, and foot restored. Solid glaze on the trefoil mouth. Medium bands of black glaze on the neck (11), shoulder (3), and body (19). Similar bands on the exterior of the handle. A wide band of black glaze...

M10 Cat. Cor 2

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 750-720 BC (Lydian)

Middle of LG. Large fragment from the rim of a kotyle, with a portion of the handle frieze. Exterior: a line of glaze on top of the lip and two horizontal lines of glaze below. In the handle frieze, vertical lines flank two joined triangles (this fam...

M10 Cat. Cor 3

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 750-690 BC (Lydian)

Late in LG or early in EPC. A fragment from the handle frieze. Exterior: a line of glaze appears near the rim. Below, in the frieze, a single heron faces to right beside three parallel zigzag lines. The heron's beak curves up and out to touch the upp...

M10 Cat. Cor 4

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Early in EPC. Eight fragments from the rim, body, and foot of a small, extremely fine (eggshell) kotyle. One handle stub remains. Exterior: two very thin lines of glaze near the rim. In the handle frieze, a series of vertical lines flanks two sets of...

M10 Cat. Cor 5

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Middle EPC or early in late EPC. Two fragments from the rim; the handle stubs are preserved. Exterior: short vertical strokes on the handles (three preserved on one stub, one on the other), but no horizontal framing lines. Two horizontal lines of gla...

M10 Cat. Cor 6

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Late EPC. Fragment of rim and upper body. Exterior: two horizontal lines of glaze at the rim. In the handle zone, a bird faces to right next to a series of vertical bars. The type is transitional between the soldier bird and the wirebird. It has the ...

M10 Cat. Cor 7

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Probably late EPC. Six fragments, from foot to mid-body. Two joined fragments from the foot and two from the wall. Exterior: fourteen horizontal lines, all evenly spaced, on the lower body. The base is completely glazed except for two reserved lines....

M10 Cat. Cor 8

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Probably late EPC. A fragment with complete foot and three wall fragments. Exterior: horizontal lines, evenly spaced, on the lower body. What remains of the base is completely glazed. On the underside of the foot, a single, fine line of glaze marks t...

M10 Cat. Cor 9

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 720-690 BC (Lydian)

Probably late in EPC. Body fragment. A floral palmette, roughly drawn, on the belly; three horizontal lines below. Glaze: brown, with no incision. Clay: hard but rough. Pinkish beige with a muddy beige exterior that has a slight gloss. Munsell no., b...

M10 Cat. Cor 10

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 690-670 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC. Preserved only from the shoulder to the lower body, making the shape somewhat uncertain. On the shoulder, a running animal to left (probably a dog; the head is lost) with a long tail appearing near the handle break. No incision...

M10 Cat. Cor 11

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 690-670 BC (Lydian)

Probably early in MPC. One-third of the mouth disk and the neck of a small aryballos. The disk is very thin and fine. There is a small lip at the outer edge of the disk and a groove on the outside where the disk joins the straight neck. On the top of...

M10 Cat. Cor 12

Pottery

Ceramic

Ca. 690-670 BC (Lydian)

Probably MPC I. Two joining fragments reaching from lip to mid-body. Exterior: two horizontal lines near the rim frame a series of vertical bars and worm-shaped wiggles in the handle zone. Ten of the wiggles and the lower ends of three vertical bars ...