Corinth Object: S 176
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 176
Title:   CAPTIVES' FAÇADE: COLOSSAL FIGURE OF MAN STANDING (JOINS WITH S-178, S-178A, S-184, S-328)
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   176
Related Objects:   S-176A, S-175, S-189, S-328, S-178A
Description:   Colossal figure of man standing with weight on right leg, left bent but foot forward, arms crossed across chest. Head turned to proper right. Hair shoulder length and curly, squarish face with heavy chin. Wears Phrygian cap, thin tunic and trousers - apparent on arms and legs -, overwich a heavy cloak belted to form a large overfold, and ending at knees. Stands with back against a pillar crowned with a Corinthian capital.
Material:   Fine white marble
Condition:   Two frgts., preserving part of colossal statue.
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Chronology:   According to Corinth 20 p. 354
Findspot Description:   April 12, 1900. From limestone bases S.W. of W. end of Propylaea. Cf. Richardson in AJA VI (1902) p. 7ff, fig. 1, pl. I.
Bibliography:   Corinth 20, 2003; Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 217; Scranton 1941, Corinth 1.2, cat. 24; Classical Influences in Modern Life (Schools of Classical Studies), 1906, p. 25; de Waele, Corinthe, p. 79, right
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (9)
Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37)
Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 28 (pp. 4 - 47)
Notebook Page: NB 14, spread 10 (p. 13)