| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 987 | |
| Title: | HEAD OF BEARDED DIONYSOS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 987 | |
| Description: | Head, originally inserted into full statue; neck terminates in tenon H00.12 W00.18; wears fillet and ivy wreath on head; long hair, parted in center with waves framing face, long in back and gathered into large knot or krobylos; several locks hang freely behind ears. Long beard with curling locks. Skin smoothly finished; drill work in hair and beard; point on tenoon; Roman copy (c. AD 150) of known Dionysos type "Sardanapallus" of the Vatican, attributed to Praxiteles. | |
| Mythology: | Dionysos | |
| Attributes: | Ivy wreath | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., head, neck; missing most of nose, otherwise well-preserved; chip in rt. eyebrow, rt. side of moustache; tip of beard broken away. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.15 (temples) W00.04 (inner eyes) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | h00.46 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 2nd c. | |
| Area: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
| Context: | NB65 P68 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX P33 N27; Pochmarski, Dionysus, P61; Williams & Russell, Hesperia 1981, P42; Corinth 20, 2003; Brown 2017, Corinth in Late Antiquity, fig. 26 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Williams & Russell, Hesperia 50:1, 1981 Monument: Peribolos of Apollo Images (10) Basket: NB65 P68 Notebook Page: NB 64, spread 14 (p. 21) Notebook Page: NB 65, spread 39 (p. 69) |
|
Show Everything (259,852) Publications (1,214) Reports (75) Places and Monuments (297) Plans and Drawings (2,887) Images (88,930) Objects (70,348) Coins (18,459) Notebooks (443) Classifications Sign in Provide feedback |
|
