| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 841 | |
| Title: | NUDE MALE TORSO | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 841 | |
| Old Number: | S-XXXX-1258(lapsed) | |
| Description: | Torso of standing nude male; axis of torso suggeststhat weight on right leg, with left leg slightly advanced; left arm held slightly back, perhaps bent; right arm relaxed; rectangular nub on front of left shoulder perhaps trace of pointing; front of torso recalls Doryphoros: deltoids clearly delineated from biceps; right pectoral sharply undercut; subtle digitation. Circumscribed, protruding nipple evidence of bronze prototype (?). Back recalls Omphalos Apollo: shoulder blades and spinse clearly articulated, with rt.blade projecting, lt. flat. Front and back surfaces with little or no tool markings. | |
| Material: | White marble with micaceous veining | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Redescribed as joined: Torso preserved from justabove clavicle and nape of neck to lower abdomenon front, to rib cage on sides, and to lower backmuscles; three joining frgts.; upper arms broken above elbows; large chunks sheared off epigastric arch and | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.510 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.595 | |
| Chronology: | 73 Roman copy of mid-fifth century original | |
| Area: | St. John's | |
| Context: | NB45 P37 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX P061 N096 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: St. John's Image: bw 2007 Image: bw 2002 017 30 Basket: NB45 P37 Notebook Page: NB 45, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37) Notebook Page: NB 48, spread 34 (p. 30) |
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