| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 820 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF ARTEMIS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 820 | |
| Old Number: | S-812, S-220 | |
| Description: | Statue of Artemis, standing with weight on r. leg, l. leg relaxed to side and back; wears Doric peplos, clasped on both shoulders, belted above waist, with kolpos and overfold at waist level in front, lower in back; peplos hem reaches top of feet and to ground in back; quiver strap crosses from r. shoulder across l. breast (quiver missing); wears yoke-type sandals (visible on l. foot) with high sole (2 cm). Rasp marks on drapery, skin surfaces highly polished; drill work in folds and under peplos hem; fully worked in back; plinth broken at r; flat or bull-nosed chisel marks on plinth; Roman copy/rendition of type c. 425-420 BC. | |
| Mythology: | Artemis | |
| Attributes: | Quiver | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Three joining frgts., figure from neck to feet, plinth. Lacks head, most of both arms, toes of r. foot, surface on back of l. shoulder. Plinth broken at rt. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. 0.47 (waist), D. 0.32 (waist), W. 0.50 (shoulders), H. 0.08 (plinth), D. 0.46 (plinth) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 1.49 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman | |
| Area: | Forum northwest | |
| Context: | NB39 P67 | |
| Findspot Description: | Found in 1905 in wall at west end of NW Shops with S-819. | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 8; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, p. 440; Brown 2017, Corinth in Late Antiquity, fig. 29, fig. 31 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: Forum northwest Images (12) Basket: NB39 P67 |
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