Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 3780 | |
Title: | LIFE-SIZED LOWER LEG | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 3780 | |
Description: | Leg of life-sized figure, presumably male, bare from lower calf to ankle; possibly left leg with slight swell for start of calf muscle, beginning of outward curve over instep. Surface smoothed but not polished; no visible tool marks. | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled sparkling white marble, grain size under 1 mm., vertical foliation. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., from base of calf to start of ankle; surface badly eroded, especially in back. | |
Dimensions Actual: | T00.050 (ankle, side-side) Depth00.061 (ankle, front-back) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.125 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Context mixed to 5th c. A.D.; grave 1st c. with later interments | |
Area: | Irrigation Channel Excavations | |
Context: | Irrigation Channel Excavations, Painted Tomb, upper fill | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Irrigation Channel Excavations Basket: Irrigation Channel Excavations, Painted Tomb, upper fill |