| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 193 | |
| Title: | BASE: DANCING MAENADS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 193 | |
| Description: | Large base with slight, circular horizontal section as preserved. Decorated in relief with 2 maenads. Lt. figure whirls to lt., body twisted with upper torso turned slightly to rt. lt. arm down, rt. probably out to side, head probably turned to proper rt., r. leg strides forward, while l. (not visible) is meant to cross behind and recede into background; wears thin-sleeved chiton, slightly thicker Doric chiton w/ overfold and kolpis, clasped on shoulder; faun skin belted just below breasts, hoof visible on background to r. Rt. figure turned to rt., legs in profile to r, hips frontal, upper body probably frontal; weight on l. leg, r. foot set back, touching ground only w/ toes;r. arm raised to proper r, holding Roman-type fillet;wears thin chiton, overgarment slipping around hips; short boot with relief palmette decoration; billowing drapery at feet indicates rapid motion. Rasp marks visible on surface of background and figures. Rectangular dowel hole on top of block 0.03 x 0.07 x 0.08 m. deep). | |
| Mythology: | Maenads | |
| Attributes: | Faunskin Fillet | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with micaceous veins, vertical foliation. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Base, preserving part of face; broken below, top, in back; two maenads partially preserved: Lt., shoulders to ankles, missing lt. hand, rt. arm, rt. foot, bits of drapery; rt.: part of rt. arm, hips to ankles; missing lt. foot, forepart of rt. foot. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Depth00.14 (relief, max) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H01.26 W00.92 D00.32 Depth00.45 (max) | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Neo Attic | |
| Area: | Forum central | |
| Context: | NB8 P63 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth I.3 P140; Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 275, AJA 1904 P291-4, AJA 1909 P169, Williams & Fisher, Hesperia 1975 P24 N37, Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981 P438 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publications (4) Monument: Forum central Images (7) Basket: NB8 P63 Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 36 (p. 63) |
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