| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 2392 | |
| Title: | ARTEMIS, ROSPIGLIOSI TYPE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 2392 | |
| Old Number: | S-1997-001 (lapsed) | |
| Related Objects: | S-XXXX-1616 ? | |
| Description: | Artemis strides to her rt., torso frontal, lt. leg weight-bearing and trailing slightly, rt. leg bent and advanced 3/4 rt. She wears a short chiton to just above knees, fastened at shoulders, with long overfall to top of thighs. The whole is tied with a cord just below the breasts. The neckline falls in a soft V from the shoulders; a cross-band for the quiver runs from the rt. shoulder to below lt. breast. The overfall is blown into a series of 4-5, widely spaced S-shaped folds the ends of which are deeply undercut and upright and form a scalloped edge; a finely incised line follows the hem; on the surface of the overfall and lower skirt are finely incised "V"-shaped folds (?). The skirt is also blown to the rt.; a gathering of folds cross the rt. thigh to billow between the legs and over the lt. leg above the knee. In back, folds of overfall and skirt arranged in trumpet-shaped tubes that hang vertically, their ends not undercut as in front. Wears a quiver from rt. shoulder, decorated with a flat band at bottom, and middle. Dowel hole in center of neck, rectangular cutting into lower rt. base of neck; rectangular strut at lt. hip, round one on rt. hip on axis of rt. arm. Round support beneath skirt behind missing rt. leg. Rasp marks over much of drapery; drill in some folds; point on bottom of quiver, underside of overfall in back.Join: gives lt. leg to mid-calf; shod in high boot tied by crossing laces; ending in roll at top, with hanging piloi, front of which decorated with lion or panther face; behind leg is hindquarters of a dog that runs to proper rt., its tail curling up against Artemis' leg; flat chisel on its body. Type of Artemis Rospigliosi. | |
| Decoration: | Cross incised on left thigh. | |
| Mythology: | Artemis | |
| Attributes: | Dog Quiver | |
| Material: | Fine white marble with occasional grayish discolorations. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., from base of neck to knees; missing both arms, head, front of rt. thigh, back of lt. shoulder, top of quiver; outer edges of drapery on sides and edge of chiton front broken off; rt. breast abraded, lt. partly sheered off; yellowish disco | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.95 (old) W00.28 (shoulders) H01.26 (ca., new) | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman Context Byzantine | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB176 P85 | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 1939 P266 Fig.9; LIMC II.1 P646 N277, pl. 469; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, American Journal of Archaeolog43:2... 1939 Monument: Forum southwest Images (9) Basket: NB176 P85 Notebook Page: NB 176, spread 49 (pp. 85 - 86) |
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