| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | I 2433 | |
| Title: | BASE FOR STATUE OF BOY VICTOR | |
| Category Code: | I | |
| Object Number: | 2433 | |
| Description: | Tall, narrow base for a bronze statue of a boy actor, identified as Lucius Vibius Florus in the inscription, line 1. Cuttings in the upper surface consist of two rough, shallow cuttings for the feet, squared at the toe (left: L. 0.190, W. 0.100, D. ca. 0.01; right: p.L. 0.140, W. 0.095 m); two deeper round cuttings (diam. 0.055, D. 0.050 m) for tenons to secure the feet in place; and a third round cutting in the center back of the upper surface (diam. 0.045, D. 0.025 m), 0.035 m from the rear edge, which would have secured an object. A rectangular cutting in the lower surface of the base would have served to fasten it onto the stylobate of the courtyard or a stepped base. The relationship among the feet emplacements, the tenons, and the base suggest the pose. The figure would have stood with its weight on the right foot, which was flat on the plinth with the tenon in the instep. The left foot was advanced, resting on the ball, where the tenon is located, with the heel angled proper left, the knee inward. There is no sign of drapery abutting the pliinth, so the statue may have been nude, semidraped, or dressed in an actor's costume. The third cutting at the back of the base may have held a tenon to secure a small support, the end of the mantle, or an attribute. The top surface of the plinth is rough with point marks, so it probably was not intended to be seen. The dowel cutting in the bottom of the base may indicate that the present base was set up on an additional one or two-stepped base in order to elevate the monument. | |
| Decoration: | Traces of red paint were preserved in the letters when the base was found. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. | |
| Material: | Pentelic marble. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Single piece; molding broken at font (upper left) and back (upper right); base missing large section of rear right corner. | |
| Chronology: | ca. 80 A.D. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VIII.3 no. 272; Sturgeon 2004, Corinth 9.3, cat. 71 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Sturgeon, Corinth 9:3, 2004 Image: bw 6694 Image: bw 6695 |
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