R2 Cat. 243

Heykel, Lahit

Mermer, Taş

2nd or early 3rd C. AD (Roma)

For full description and discussion, see Sardis V, 3ff.; Mansel, Erwerbungsbericht, 176, fig. 6; Ferrari, Commercio Sarcofagi, 39; Lawrence, Additional Sarcophagi, 116ff.; Wiegartz, Säulensarkophage, 158 (Istanbul G) and further bibliography therein....

R2 Cat. 244

Heykel, Lahit

Mermer, Taş

Ca. 170-180 AD (Roma)

The corner fragment comprises "the cornice of the left intercolumniation of a lateral face, and the left extremity of the adjacent raking cornice" (Sardis V, 39). The interior border is raised to hold the lid. The acroteria consist of a headless anim...

R2 Cat. 245

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

2nd or 1st C. BC (Hellenistik)

The pediment has three acroteria: the central one has two snakes pointing downwards; the other two each have one snake pointing upwards. The recessed niche has tapering sides parallel to the stele sides. The relief shows a woman standing in a Pudicit...

R2 Cat. 246

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

50-25 BC (Hellenistik)

The priestess stands twisted slightly to her l., her r. foot drawn back and resting on the toes. She wears a chiton, himation, and platformed sandals, and stands on a square inscribed base.

The himation is drawn from her r. to her l. side across her b...

R2 Cat. 247

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

Late 3rd C. BC (Hellenistik)

The nude, winged Eros, just older than a baby, stands with the weight on his r. leg, his head turned slightly to proper l. His r. arm is bent at the elbow and across the body. A small fragment of an arrow is held in his r. hand. The l. hand probably ...

R2 Cat. 248

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

Roman? ()

The central head of the Hekateion has circular locks and a floral crown. The two lateral heads have ribbons in their hair which is parted in the center and falls in long locks on their shoulders. They wear turreted crowns. There are incised lines on ...

R2 Cat. 249

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

1st or 2nd C. AD (Roma)

The kouros, treated as a frontal relief, stands with both feet together and both arms down the sides. A strand of hair remains on his r. shoulder. The neck, chest, and abdomen are outlined in a sharp, linear fashion. The pubic hair is somewhat styliz...

R2 Cat. 250

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

1st half of 1st C. AD (Roma)

The idealized head of Augustus is turned slightly to his I. The sharp lines for eyebrows are prominent; the large eyes have no markings for pupil or iris. The nose is sharp and pointed, the mouth small. The face is attractive, but remarkably lacking ...

R2 Cat. 251

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

Ca. 140 AD (Roma)

The following description is after İnan-Rosenbaum: The back of the head is hollow and has a large dowel hole in the center flanked by two oblong dowel holes. Two other dowel holes at ear lobe level are broken away. There are drill channels in the hai...

R2 Cat. 252

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

Ca. 140 AD? (Antonine) (Roma)

The following description is taken from Sardis I, 147: "A colossal sculptured face, very well preserved . . . differs entirely from the similar heads found here; for, though in high relief, it was almost certainly never part of an entire head, but wa...

R2 Cat. 253

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

(Hellenistik)

The horseman, according to Buckler and Robinson, has a crescent behind his shoulders and therefore represents Mên (ibid.). He wears a short belted tunic with a few minimal diagonal folds. In his r. hand he may hold a short stick. The beginning of the...

R2 Cat. 254

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

AD 218-235 (Roma)

The portrait was worked for insertion into a statue body. The head is turned slightly to the l., and the woman looks upwards, as indicated by the drilled bean-shaped pupils which are placed high within the incised irises. The surfaces of the eyes are...

R2 Cat. 255

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

3rd C. AD (Roma)

The bust of a woman is framed by an arched niche with a pilaster on each side, with simple capital and base. The head is turned slightly to the l. Her hair is parted in the middle and drawn behind her ears, where it falls in heavy locks. The drapery,...

R2 Cat. 256

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

2nd or 3rd C. AD (Roma)

Cybele is enthroned and seated between two lions. The arched recess in which she sits suggests a shrine. She wears a high-girt chiton with a V-neck. The transparent cloth reveals her navel and the shape of her breasts. A heavier cloth himation is dra...

R2 Cat. 257

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

2nd or early 3rd C. AD (Roma)

Roaring lion supports a moulded plinth with inscription:

The inscription may refer to erotes or satyrs who carry off jars and food. The piece may have stood against a wall, supporting a shelf.

R2 Cat. 258

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

(Hellenistik)

The head, which is turned slightly to the r., has a close-cropped mane which swings to the l. at the top. The horse's ears were erect. His lively face has small eyes beneath heavy bones, large and distended nostrils, and an open mouth with teeth show...

R2 Cat. 259

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

Late Hellenistic (Roma)

In plan the statue is a not quite regular rectangle with a projection for the feet. Seen from the back, the lines of the base slant to the l. The goddess sits on the high-backed throne with her legs slightly to proper l. She wears a low polos without...

R2 Cat. 260

Heykel, Lahit

Mermer, Taş

Late 2nd C. AD (Roma)

There are very carefully trimmed rectangular bosses (H. 0.10; W. 0.14) at the centers of both ends of the sarcophagus and two on each side. The pediment has a plain epistyle, fine dentils, a Lesbian cyma, and plain band. A gutter decorated with doubl...

R2 Cat. 269

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

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

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

Late Hellenistic or very early Roman Imperial (Hellenistik veya Roma)

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

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

2nd or 3rd C. AD (Roma)

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

Heykel

Yılantaşi, Taş

5th or 4th Millennium BC ()

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

Heykel

Kireçtaşı, Taş

520-480 BC (Geç Lidya (Pers))

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

Heykel

Mermer, Taş

500-450 BC (Geç Lidya (Pers))

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

Heykel, Yazıt

Mermer, Taş

5th-4th C. BC? (Geç Lidya (Pers))

"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...