Corinth Object: S 2431
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)