Museum/Current place of storage: |
Corinth, Archaeological Museum. |
Inv. no: |
S 2711 |
Dimensions: |
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Material: |
Η. 0,18m., w. 0,17m., th. 0,155m. |
Findspot: |
On the 27th of June 1963 in an excavation dump in the ravine west of the village of Anaploga (modern Ag. Anargiroi; for the village see also G.D.R. Sanders, J. Palinkas, I. Tzonou-Herbst, Ancient Corinth: Site Guide, Princeton 2018, 139, no. 51). |
Original Display Location: |
In the southwest part of the Forum of Corinth. |
Date: |
Third quarter of the 2nd c. CE. |
Statuary Type (body) : |
- |
Mode of Self-Representation (head): |
The hairstyle follows contemporary imperial fashion protypes (“ModeFrisur”), while the face (as far as can be deduced) sports individualized physiognomic traits. |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Unknown. |
Inscribed Base: |
No |
Author: |
Panagiotis Konstantinidis |
Added: |
2024-09-13 |
Edited: |
Description - Comments:
The head is preserved from the crown to just below the nose. The back part is missing, while the nose, eyes and a large part of the forehead are also broken. Chipping is evident sporadically on the surface of the marble, especially on the surface of the coiffure, while extensive stains and discolorations on the surface of the marble are due to oxidation and perhaps also to fire. It depicts a woman with a smooth face and a high forehead. Eyebrows are long and thin (indicated by parallel incisions), the eyes large, almond-shaped with wide lids. The iris is engraved, the pupil and lacrimal gland drilled (traces are preserved on the right eye). Somewhat accentuated nasolabial folds start from the inner corner of the eyes, while bags form under the eyes. The coiffure was divided at the top of the forehead into two equal parts (the central part is worn), which are combed in elongated wavy dense locks (their texture is indicated by small lunate incisions), directed to the side and back, where they would form a bun (not preserved). As I. Chioti observes (2012, 157), the locks of hair that part in the middle of the forehead and are directed in waves to the sides and back appear for the first time with the fourth portrait type of Faustina the Younger, continue in her fifth type and are also copied in the second portrait type of Lucilla (see K. Fittschen, Die Bildnistypen der Faustina minor und die Fecunditas Augustae, Göttingen 1982, 40-41, 43, 49-53, 78-80), placing the work firmly in the third quarter of the 2nd c. CE.
Bibliography:
C. De Grazia Vanderpool, Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Corinth. The Roman Portraiture (PhD thesis Columbia University), New York 1973, 167-168, cat. no. 33, pl. 46 (period of Faustina the Younger); E. Chioti, Αυτοκρατορικά και ιδιωτικά πορτρέτα της εποχής των Αντωνίνων στην Ελλάδα (PhD thesis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Thessaloniki 2012, 151, 157, 350, cat. no. 198, pl. 160α-β (third quarter of the 2nd c. CE); https://corinth.ascsa.net/research?v=list&q=S+2711