Corinth Object: S 1999 17b
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 1999 17b
Title:   MARBLE LARGE-SCALE STATUETTE OF ARTEMIS: DRAPERY
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Year:   1999
Object Number:   17
Object Suffix:   b
Related Objects:   S-1999-10, S-1999-13, S-1999-21, S-1999-3, S-1999-19A, S-1999-19B, S-1999-20, S-2000-1, S-2000-4, S-1999-17C.
Description:   Small frgt., of blowing drapery, consisting of upper edge of cloth, gathered at top, and spreading out to lower attachment; on outer face one broad flat fold, offset by two deep channels, on inner face shallow relief fold. Quite probably belongs to mass of cloth gathered by missing right side.
Decoration:   Traces of red paint on exterior surface.
Material:   Fine white marble.
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving one edge of drapery. Surfaces somewhat burned.
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.056 W00.043
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   Middle Roman; mid 3rd c. or later according to Stirling
Area:   Panaghia Villa
Context:   NB918 B95 P123
Bibliography:   Stirling 2008, Hesperia 77:1, no. 7i; Sanders 2005, p. 424
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia Villa
Images (4)
Basket: NB918 B95 P123