| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1429 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF APHRODITE WITH SHELL | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 1429 | |
| Old Number: | S-1426 (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Standing Aphrodite with shell or aquatic water nymph, somewhat under life size. Thighs and legs covered by heavy drapery pulled around hips and fastened at center by large, concave-curling shell; drapery falls in strong folds to feet, at sides clings downwardly and diagonally to legs in much shallower folds. Figure standing on straight left leg, right leg bent at knee and trails behind; body bending forward slightly. Breasts small and high (both partially broken); hips and thighs full. Locks of hair on shoulders, hanging part way down back. Back: hacked off to hips; drapery and part of buttocks below. Smooth modeling. | |
| Mythology: | Aphrodite | |
| Attributes: | Aphrodite, shell | |
| Material: | White, large grained, micaceous marble. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Three joining frgts., (S-1429=left shoulder) missing head, proper right shoulder and arm, left arm below shoulder, right foot, large section of back and buttocks, some drapery. Joins with S-1426, June 1967. Surface not well preserved, encrusted. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. 0.35, Th. 0.38 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 1.15 | |
| Area: | Baths of Eurykles | |
| Context: | NB104 P245 | |
| Findspot Description: | Found built under Byzantine wall on earth, ca. 0.30m over water pipe cut off at Cistern B in [4-C] lying on right side. | |
| Bibliography: | Bookidis and Williams 2003, Corinth 20, p. 352, footnote 8; Soles, Aphrodite at Corinth, no. 3 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Baths of Eurykles Images (10) Basket: NB104 P245 |
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