Museum/Current place of storage: |
Sparta, Archaeological Museum. |
Inv. no: |
530 |
Dimensions: |
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Material: |
H. 1,65m. |
Findspot: |
“In the Boretes field, near the Leonidaeum” (Tod - Wace 1906, no. 530; near the “Leonidaeum” were also found the two statues belonging to the family statue group of Tiberius Claudius Spartiacus I – see {https://achaeanwomen.eie.gr/γλυπτό/?statue_id=877}; it’s unknown if it belonged to the same statue group. |
Original Display Location: |
Unknown. |
Date: |
Early Imperial period? (according to Tod - Wace 1906, no. 530). |
Statuary Type (body) : |
Non vidi. |
Mode of Self-Representation (head): |
- |
Civic Presence (Social Role Represented): |
Unknown. |
Inscribed Base: |
No |
Author: |
Panagiotis Konstantinidis |
Added: |
2024-09-26 |
Edited: |
Description - Comments:
The inset head and also inset left outstretched forearm are missing. The right arm and foot are broken. It depicts a standing female figure wearing a long chiton and an ample himation that wraps around the body and over the left shoulder, leaving the right arm free. The weight of the figure falls on the left leg, while the right leg is left free. The right arm hangs down at the side. As the statue is thus far known only from the description in the catalogue of sculptures of the Sparta Museum by M.N. Tod and A.J.B. Wace, its statuary type cannot be determined with certainty (“Orans/Supplicant”?). Non vidi.
Bibliography:
M.N. Tod, A.J.B. Wace, A Catalogue of the Sparta Museum, Oxford 1906, no. 530.