| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | T 28 | |
| Title: | GIANT, HAIR BEING PULLED, KNEELING RIGHT | |
| Category: | Miscellaneous | |
| Category Code: | T | |
| Object Number: | 28 | |
| Description: | The piece represents a nude bearded giant in a semi-kneeling position on rt. of block, defending himself against opponent on left who has grabbed hold of his hair with his (or her) left hand. With an anguished expression of his face, the giant looks diagonally upward at his attacker. The giant's hair is arranged in thick, wavy clumps, which are each further subdivided into more individual strands, and which rise most plastically about the face, but lie flat over the rest of the head. Several large locks are pulled up through the thumb and first finger of the attacker's hand. His long moustache and full beard are of similar nature to his hair, but individual strands are not incised. The head is in 3/4 view to left and tilted back slightly on the short, stumpy neck. His forehead is creased, his ridged, bushy brows furrowed, his mouth slightly open. Crow's feet are incised at the outer corner of his eye, the cheek bone highly modelled. The giant's left arm was held high above his head, probably to grasp the hand of his attacker; his right arm extends straight out from his body to the left and is likely to have held a weapon. His frontal torso is wide, the pectorals, thoracic divisions and the bulge above the right iliac crest are rather highly modelled. The musculature is streched on proper left, and slightly contracted on the opposite side. His right leg is held diagonally to the left and kneels on the plinth, but breaks off in the middle of the knees. His left leg extends nearly in profile to right and is sharply bent at the knee so that the foot, nearly 3/4, rests flat on the plinth. Outer surface of foot badly destroyed. Musculature of legs subtely modelled. Relief ground-flat and claw chisel; plinth claw; reverse unknown. | |
| Mythology: | Gigantomachy | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Eleven joining fragments. Giant complete except for his left arm from shoulder, right arm from elbow, tip of left knee, right leg below knee. Surface chipped, especially at breaks. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.047-0.052, W. head 0.097, H. head 0.136, H. head with hands 0.201, W. waist 0.183, Th. left thigh 0.111, L. foot 0.149, W. calf max. 0.076, Depth plinth top 0.147, H. plinth 0.062 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.86, W. at knees 0.498, L. rt. border 0.73, L. front plinth 0.23, L. max. plinth 0.278 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 2nd quarter of 2nd c. A.C. according to Corinth IX p.4-5 | |
| Bibliography: | Sturgeon, 1977, Corinth IX.2 G 12 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:2, 1977 Images (9) |
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