Museum/Current place of storage: |
Corinth, Archaeological Museum. |
Inv. no: |
S 3355 |
Dimensions: |
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Material: |
Body: H. 0,30m., w. 0,315m. Base: h. 0,12m., diameter 0,17m. |
Findspot: |
Corinth (the exact findspot is unknown; inventoried in 1971). |
Original Display Location: |
Unknown. |
Date: |
2nd c. CE. |
Statuary Type (body) : |
No specific statuary type is reproduced (himation-clad woman). |
Mode of Self-Representation (head): |
- |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Unknown. |
Inscribed Base: |
No |
Author: |
Panagiotis Konstantinidis |
Added: |
2024-09-17 |
Edited: |
Description - Comments:
The head is missing. Chipping is evident on the drapery and the base. According to C. De Grazia, probably during Late Antiquity, the surface at the base of the neck was roughly chiseled (there is a small dowel-hole at the center), probably indicating that another head was attached. The figure wears a sleeved chiton and a himation fastened by means of a round broach over the right shoulder. The shape and size of the bust indicate a date not earlier than the 2nd c. CE. (on the dating of busts based on form see R.R.R. Smith ed., Aphrodisias II. Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, Mainz am Rhein 2006, 227 with note 10 [R.R.R. Smith]).
Bibliography:
C. De Grazia, Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Corinth. The Roman Portraiture (PhD thesis Columbia University), New York 1973, 338-339, no. 112, pl. 111; M. Sturgeon, Corinth IX.3. Sculpture: The Assemblage from the Theater, Princeton 2004, 196, note 184.