Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 2431 | |
Title: | TOGATUS STATUE | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 2431 | |
Old Number: | S-XXXX-2008 S-XXXX-1994 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Torso of frontally-posed standing male wearing toga and tunic; right leg bearing weight; left leg probably slightly flexed; left arm bent at elbow and extended forward; right arm probably held to side, with iron stains and dowel hole. Wears toga and tunic, with toga gathered over lt. forearm, creating dough-like folds over arm. Sinus loops up and over left shoulder; long, narrow channels with vertical walls separate folds; questionable joined fragment of umbo over stomach; drapery smoother over upper thighs with broad flat areas between gently risingridges; some widely spaced folds on back. Traces ofpoint and punch in neck cavity show surface prepared for inserted head; extensive use of running drill for drapery folds; some traces of rasping over surface; back probably flat-chisel finished. | |
Material: | White marble with micaceous veining | |
Condition: | Fragment. Nine joining frgts., torso from top of shouldersto upper thighs, badly broken; add. joins: draperyover lt. forearm. Head, neck, legs missing; left arm broken mid-forearm; right arm broken above elbow; Large piece of drapery sheared off right breast.Surf | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.915 W00.780 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 2nd C.(?) | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | NB141 P58 | |
Bibliography: | de Grazia Diss. No.76 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 4866 Basket: NB141 P58 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 44 (pp. 57 - 58) |