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) |