Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 47 | |
Title: | LIFE-SIZED DRAPED MALE STATUE | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 47 | |
Description: | Standing male figure, slender proportions; weight on l. leg; r. leg bent and set slightly back; l. hip pushed sharply out to side; vertical tree trunk support at l. side; r. arm bent across chest, l. arm down and flexed, fingers wrapped around an object separately pinned. Wears tunic, visible at neck; over it, Greek himation wrapped around both shoulders and r. arm, hand holding border; end falls down l. side in back; himation covers lt. arm which is articulated from draped torso by drill channel with row of holes from rt. angled drill; long diagonal folds from l. hip to r. leg, curving around outside of leg; weighted hem hangs in stacked folds from protruding l. wrist to cover most of tree; wears high shoes with multiple straps around lower leg, ankles. flat chisel marks visible, especially on back; entire surface extremely weathered; point work in head socket, top of plinth, back of tree support; drill in some folds on upper body. Horizontal clamp cutting with iron in back just above plinth. | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble w/ yellow staining | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete statue from shoulders to ankles; lacks head (inserted), part of r. shoulder,upper arm, part of l. hand with object, both feet; small part of plinth preserved around support | |
Dimensions Actual: | H01.45 (shoulders-plinth) W00.21 (head socket) H00.07 (plinth) W00.25 (support) D00.27 (support) W00.11 (hand) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H01.578 (max) | |
Period: | 3rd c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | 3rd century AD | |
Area: | Lechaion Road | |
Context: | NB6 P23 | |
Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 202; DeGrazia N086 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Monument: Lechaion Road Image: bw 0036 Image: bw 2042 Basket: NB6 P23 Notebook Page: NB 6, spread 15 (pp. 22 - 23) Notebook Page: NB 7, spread 13 (p. 19) |