Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 1892 | |
Title: | SATYR HEAD | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 1892 | |
Description: | Head of laughing or drunken satyr. Mouth open with teeth showing. Eyes off-axis, with left eye slightly higher. Iris of left eye carved with low relief line. Hair curls in long locks over head and forehead. Head bent at sharp angle to neck. Half life-size scale. | |
Material: | White marble. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Broken off of middle of neck and badly battered on face. Nose missing; cheeks and chin roughed down, hair locks at upper left forehead broken away. Edges of ears broken away. | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Area: | South Basilica South Stoa | |
Context: | South Basilica South Stoa | |
Findspot Description: | Y, 4; about level with pavement in front of South Stoa. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Basilica South Stoa Image: bw 4784 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 28 (pp. 35 - 36) |