Corinth Object: S 1534
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 1534
Title:   AKROTERION: DRAPED FEMALE
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   1534
Description:   Akroterion of draped female figure, under 2/3 life-size, probably a Nereid riding a dolphin; figure largely frontal, turned slightly to proper l., l. leg vertical and r. leg bent slightly back to proper r. side; drapery deeply cut in long folds and ridges between legs; cloth looks wind-blown, clinging to legs in front and billowing out to sides and back, giving effect of rapid motion; wears chiton, visible at feet; himation over top, with wider folds of cloth; part of dolphin visible from behind; tail turned up and body vertical, supporting female figure; beneath the dolphin in back and on top of plinth is a series of wavy horizontal chisel-cut ridges, representing the sea; drapery folds on back rendered simply, with shallow lines radiating from center; joined fragment preserves front of l. foot, wearing solid shoe or boot; much of surface sheered (probably from heat exposure); rasp marks visible on drapery; chisel work on top of plinth and back; point work on sides of plinth.
Mythology:   Nereid
Attributes:   Dolphin
Material:   Fine-crystalled white marble
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment preserving lower legs of figure and part of dolphin; part of plinth; surface extremely broken and weathered.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.08 (plinth) W00.10 (foot)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.81
Area:   Temple E
Context:   NB127 P176
Bibliography:   Corinth I.2, P213, N2, fig167-8; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, P441.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, et al. Corinth 1:2, 1941
Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981
Monument: Temple E
Images (4)
Basket: NB127 P176
Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 93 (pp. 175 - 176)