| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1155 | |
| Title: | PORTRAIT OF MALE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1155 | |
| Description: | Large-scale portrait of beardless man with short hair. Hair lies flat aginst head, surface covered with short, shallow curls; unevenly spaced little chunks over forehead, very short sideburns curl forward from ears; sides and back of head carelessly finished. Forehead low and jutting with 4 swells above narrow, deepset eyes, deeply hollowed out under brow; very thick upper lids, lower lids emphasized by deep crease; frown lines and wrinkles at corners of eyes, eyebrows lightly incised. Prominent cheek and jaw bones; hint of folds framing nose. Nose springs from high bridge; mouth narrow and full. Surface of face carefully smoothed. Ears poorly carved and badly placed. A large deep rectangular hole L00.07 W00.03 Depth00.055, at back of head, possibly for brace. Back of neck flat, roughly finished with point. Originally inserted into torso. | |
| Material: | White fine-crystalled marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Head and neck; front of neck sheared off; chin, tip of nose, rims of ears broken; face, hair chipped. Surface worn, stained. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.22 (head) W00.185 Depth00.23 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.33 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Augustan (DeGrazia) | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB82 P47 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX N159 P085; DeGrazia Diss., P065 ff, no. 3; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981 P447 (3rd c.?) | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: St. John's Images (8) Basket: NB82 P47 Notebook Page: NB 82, spread 27 (pp. 46 - 47) |
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