| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1973 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF NUDE MALE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1973 | |
| Description: | Standing nude male figure, over life-size; weight on l. leg; r. leg originally bent slightly and set back; tree trunk support at l. side; wears chlamys hanging over l. shoulder; probably originally wrapped around extended l. forearm; end of chlamys falls over tree to knee level; head probably originally turned to proper l.; anatomy carefully modelled; pubic hair carved in shallow curls; back rather schematically finished; trapezoidal plinth, preserved at proper l. side; rasp marks on surfaces front and back; drill work in drapery folds; chisel work on front of tree trunk; point work on back of tree trunk; plinth worked with point. Type similar to S-1065, S-1080; proportions more elongated; torso less crisply carved. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with traces of mica | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Seven joined fragments; missing head, arms, r. leg, toes of l. foot, portion of genitals, half of plinth; surface broken off back of both shoulders, r. buttock, and drapery; surface stained. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | D00.27 W00.40 (shoulders) W00.11 (foot) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H01.89 | |
| Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 1st century A.D.; Claudian period | |
| Area: | South Basilica | |
| Context: | NB151 P10 | |
| Bibliography: | DeGrazia, diss, P327, N106.; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Monument: South Basilica Image: bw 4723 Basket: NB151 P10 Notebook Page: NB 151, spread 12 (pp. 15 - 16) |
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