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    Amazonian figure, overview. (Telif hakkı Sart Amerikan Hafriyat Heyeti / Harvard Üniversitesi)

Amazon Figürü

Dönem
1st C. BC, Hellenistik
Sardeis veya Müze Env. No.
S63.034
Malzeme
Mermer, Taş
Eserin Türü
Heykel
Heykelin Türü
Diğer Kabartma
Yerleşim
Sardis
Alan (Sektör)
Syn
Açma
Syn 63
Locus
Syn MH Spolia
Koordinatlar
E72.5 / N6.7 *96.52
Bulunduğu Yeri
Syn
Tanım

A small figure running to the r. wears a short tunic (to the knees) and a loose overgarment to the hips. Both tiers blow out behind. The skirt has vertical folds, the upper tier, rippled folds. The figure also wears boots with borders at the tops, and stands on a narrow painted ledge. The bent l. elbow is preserved just below the break. The figure is in a twisted position, with the r. leg almost frontal, the l. in profile.

The clothing of this figure suggests that it is an Amazon, or possibly a booted Persian or even Artemis. The twisted pose and bent elbow belong to a type of running figure which can perhaps be traced to the shield of the Athena Parthenos. The relief may belong in the late Hellenistic tradition of the 1st C. B.C.

Condition

White marble, small crystals; thin dark veining.

L. edge preserved, others broken. Traces of paint on ledge on which figure walks.

Boyutlar
H. 0.14; W. 0.15; Th. at l. 0.02, at r. 0.05.
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Kaynakça
For the shield, see Neda Leipen, Athena Parthenos, 41-50, figs. 23-29, 81-83; Fuchs, Vorbilder, pls. 34-35, 38; Richter, Sculpture, fig. 605.
Yazar
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