| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1116 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF AUGUSTUS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1116 | |
| Old Number: | S-XXXX-1116B-E (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Standing over life-size statue of Augustus; weight on r. leg, l. leg bent and set slightly forward; r. upper arm held close to body, r. forearm separately dowelled and originally extended forward, probably to hold patara; l. arm bent at elbow and extended (wrist and hand separate); head turned slightly to proper r. Wears tunic with seam visible on r. upper arm; long toga draped in early Augustan manner with umbo; edges of toga hang over r. side and in front of l. shoulder; long vertical folds hang from l. arm; lower edge of garment reaches to mid-calf; wears calf-height boots (visible at l. ankle); hair rendered in Augustan style (like Prima Porta portrait) with central comma-shaped lock curling to proper r., 2 locks to proper r. curling inward, and locks to proper l. curling outward; traces of red paint on hair; wide face with prominent cheek bones, chin; broad flat forehead; slight vertical crease in center of brow; sharp horizontal eyebrows; large eyes with sharply defined upper lids; long straight nose; straight mouth with full lips; large protruding ears; long neck; carving of facial planes shows sharp, angular precision; back roughly finished with flat and claw chisel; rectangular hole at back of neck, slightly off-center, for fixing statue in position in niche or against a wall; rasp marks visible on much of surface; drill work in drapery. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with micaceous veining. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete figure from top head to ankles. Lacks r. forearm and l. hand (worked separately), r. ankle and both feet. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.283 (head) H00.211 (face) L00.037 (inner corners eyes) W00.102 (outer corners) W00.166 (temples) L00.055 (mouth) H00.074 (ears) W00.55 (shoulders) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H02.25 | |
| Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Augustan or Claudian | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Context: | NB75 P333 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX P71-72 N134; Vermeule, Roman Imperial Art P174 fig106; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981 P433; DeGrazia N010; Corinth 20, 2003; Richter H. 2010, Plastik der Romischen Keiserzeit, p.296, s.23, Abb.26a. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: Julian Basilica Images (19) Basket: NB75 P333 |
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