This fragmentary head was a portrait of a young woman. The brow is made by a sharp angle, yet implies the bone structure beneath, particularly near the temples. The eyes are well modeled, with a flesh-like upper lid and a fold between lid and brow. The pupils are drilled into a bean shape, and the drill was used also at the inner corner. The forehead is extremely smooth. The hair flows from the center part (now missing) in small waves which were deeply drilled.

The use of a bean-shaped pupil, but with no indication of the iris, is found on numerous heads of the Antonine period (e.g. Crispina, İnan-Rosenbaum, Portrait Sculpture Asia Minor, no. 57, pl. 36:1) and the heavy fleshy fold between lid and brow also dates to this period (ibid., no. 309, pl. 174:2). The hairdo seems to be the type found on Faustina the Younger and other Antonine ladies (ibid., no. 287, pl. 163), so that the dating of the Sardis piece should fall within this period.

Fine white marble, small crystals.

Preserved are most of both eyes, forehead, and fragments of hair.