| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 2000 5 | |
| Title: | MARBLE DRAPED LIMB OF LARGE-SCALE FIGURE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Year: | 2000 | |
| Object Number: | 5 | |
| Description: | Human limb, wider at top than bottom, with asymmetrical section: rounded in center, relatively flat on outside, and on opposite side projecting muscle or bone. Possibly base of left thigh and knee, with rounded knee cap that is not articulated from rest of leg. Thigh covered by garment, which drapes over it in gathered folds. Surface of leg smoothly finished; only flat chisel visible in drapery. Less likely: base of upper arm and elbow. | |
| Material: | Coarse-crystalled white marble. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken all edges and much of surface of drapery. Preserves only front (?) half. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.145 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | Context Early Modern | |
| Area: | Panaghia northeast | |
| Context: | NB931 B25 P73 | |
| NB931 B25 P71 | ||
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia northeast Image: bw 2000 040 27 Image: bw 2000 040 28 Basket: NB931 B25 P71 Basket: NB931 B25 P73 Notebook Page: NB 931, spread 40 (pp. 70 - 71) |
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