Corinth Object: S 3826
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 3826
Title:   DRAPERY FROM CLASSICAL STATUETTE
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   3826
Description:   Statuette ca. 1/3 life size, worked on both sides. Thin outer edge with finished point at base; second fold ends at same level. Broken surface along side may be for third fold set at right angle to other two, forming curve of drapery around inner surface. Outer surface highly polished (often found on Corinthian sculpture 2nd c. AD and later). Inner surface smoothed, indications of drapery tip at top, inner edge of third fold, possibly from himation draped over left arm of female figure.
Material:   Fine-crystalled white marble
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt, broken above, along rear edge. Drapery fragment from statuette, preserving 2 narrow folds of free-hanging drapery.
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB282 B1 P88
    NB282 B2 P86
    NB282 B7 P44, LOT 2240
    LOT 2240
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Image: digital 2017 1761
Image: digital 2017 1762
Image: digital 2017 1763