Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 14207 | |
Title: | MARBLE VASE WITH RELIEF DECORATION | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Object Number: | 14207 | |
Old Number: | S-XXXX-2149 (stored there) | |
Description: | Vessel with cylindrical upper body, fine lip tapering on interior. Surfaces worked smoothly, relief decoration on exterior. | |
Decoration: | Exterior of body decorated in low relief with nude standing male, preserved down to top of legs, all of lt. arm, rt. upper arm. Frontal, weight on rt. leg, pushing rt. hip up and in. Rt. arm at side, lt. arm bent, hand holding staff or thyrsos at height of head. Hair long, with central part, roll surrounding face, long lock on either shoulder; features somewhat schematically cut. | |
Mythology: | Dionysos ? | |
Attributes: | Thyrsos ? | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving upper body to lip, small part of circumference; lip largely chipped away on exterior. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.103 W00.076 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman ? | |
Area: | Temple Hill North Roman Market | |
Context: | NB105 P22 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill North Roman Market Basket: NB105 P22 |