| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 3723 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF ARTEMIS OR AN AMAZON | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 3723 | |
| Description: | Over life-sized statue of female standing with weight on right leg, left leg bent, foot back, wearing chitoniskos. It is held by a cross belt over chest, with a separate belt at waist. The belt widens in center to pointed edges, large oval hole or inset panel in center; rest of belt decorated with simple, incised running spirals, ending in heart beside center. Drapery bags over belt with richly crinkled folds; back summarily rendered. Wears knee boots, with tops folded over and ending in flaps. Laces all way up front of boots. A tall support behind right leg, a tree ? Round plinth. The arms worked separately, set into roughly picked sockets with deep dowels, now stained from iron. Rasping on drapery. Legs polished. Deep drill channels separate right leg from support, and a broad channel circles outlines of right foot on plinth. Support worked with flat chisel. Top of plinth smoothely finished between feet; to proper right of right foot widely spaced long chisel strokes. | |
| Material: | White fine-grained marble; micaceous; Pentelic. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete to neck except for arms, missing head. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 1.74 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Antonine according to Corinth 9.3 #67 | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | NB322 P828 | |
| NB322 P809 | ||
| Bibliography: | Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 67 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004 Monument: Theater Image: bw 4224 Image: bw 5084 Image: bw 2003 028 01 |
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