Museum/Current place of storage: |
Epidauros, Archaeological Museum. |
Inv. no: |
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Dimensions: |
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Material: |
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Findspot: |
Found in December 2021, after heavy rainfall, in the area of the Agora of the ancient city of Epidauros, near the theatre, inside an open-air temenos just to the north of a previously excavated 4th c. BCE fountain-house (AR 2021-2022, fig. 3.50; for the fountain-house see V. Lanbrinoudakis, E. Kazolias, L. Zonas, “Κρήνη κλασικών χρόνων στην αρχαία Επίδαυρο”, in C. Zambas, V. Lambrinoudakis, E. Simantoni-Bournia, A. Ohnesorg eds., Αρχιτέκτων. Honorary volume for Professor Manolis Korres, Athens 2016, 269-282. See also https://www.arch.uoa.gr/ereyna/ereynes_pedioy/trechoyses_ereynes_pedioy/epidayros/ and https://www.themata-archaiologias.gr/επίδαυρος-ανακάλυψη-αγάλματος-γυναι/ |
Original Display Location: |
In situ, inside the open-air temenos probably that of Asklepios and Epione in the ancient city of Epidauros, mentioned by Pausanias. |
Date: |
Late principate of Claudian or in the principate of Nero. |
Statuary Type (body) : |
“Kore/Persephone” of the “Olympia/London” type. |
Mode of Self-Representation (head): |
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Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Unknown. |
Inscribed Base: |
No |
Author: |
Panagiotis Konstantinidis |
Added: |
2024-04-26 |
Edited: |
2024-09-14 |
Description - Comments:
The figure is preserved almost intact, with the exception of the head and the inset part of the arms (the right from the middle of the biscep and the left from the middle of the forearm). Part of the neck of the inset head with the tenon is still fastened within the insertion cavity. The figure is depicted standing, frontal, wearing a sleeved chiton, a long himation and closed leather shoes (calcei muliebres). The left leg supports the weight of the figure, while the right is bent and placed slightly backwards. The statue follows fairly faithfully the so-called “Kore/Persphone” of the “Olympia/London” type, with the exception of the more careless rendering of the circular gathering of the folds of the himation between the body and the left elbow. The rendering of the feet is equally careless, placed non-naturalistically flat on the surface of the plinth. It is dated to the late principate of Claudius or, more likely, to the principate of Nero, based on the closest stylistic parallels, the portrait statue of Agrippina the Younger from the Metroon of Olympia (Olympia, Archaeological Museum, inv. no. Λ 143: K. Hitzl, Die Kaiserzeitliche Statuenausstattung des Metroon, Berlin 1991, 43–46, 64–65, 95–97, 76, 102–104, cat. no. 3, pls. 14c, 15–19, 39b, 40c; P. Konstantinidis, Γυναικείοι δυναστικοί εικονιστικοί ανδριάντες αυτοκρατορικής περιόδου από την Ελλάδα τέλη 1ου αι. π.Χ. – 5ος αι. μ.Χ., Athens 2024, 336-338, cat. no. Γ16, figs. 291-301), and, in particular, the portrait statue of a female member of Nero’s family, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inv. Sk 1400 (Hitzl 1991, 30ff, 49–52, cat. no. 5, 65, 71, 76, 80-81, 92, 97-101, 102ff, pls. 26–29; Konstantinidis 2024, 462-463, cat. no. Γ32, figs. 689-696). Good quality of workmanship.
Bibliography:
Y. Galannakis, T. Parikh (eds.), “Archaeology in Greece 2021-2022”, AR 2021-2022, 78, figs. 3.49-3.50 (interpreted by V. Lambrinoudakis as either a married woman or Hygieia)· https://www.arch.uoa.gr/ereyna/ereynes_pedioy/trechoyses_ereynes_pedioy/epidayros/