| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 2220 | |
| Title: | OVER LIFE-SIZE STATUE OF NUDE MALE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 2220 | |
| Old Number: | S 2220A, S 2220B, S 2220C (A, B, C lapsed since joined) | |
| Description: | Over life size nude male figure standing with weight on straight right. leg. Left leg turned slightly to the side and forward bent at the knee. Testicles turned slightly to the left due to forward position of left leg. Musculature well defined at knee and calf. Surface of legs relatively smooth, though rasp marks are visible throughout. Tree trunk support attached to right. leg. Its rough texture contrasts the smoothly finished surface of legs. Similar to S 1065. | |
| Material: | Fine crystal white marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 3 joining frts, A lt. leg (NB154 P38), B rt. leg and tree trunk (NB153 P174), C testicles (NB153 P179). Fragments preserve the rt. leg from the ankle to the testicles and the lt. leg from just below the knee to the testicles. Surface nicked and chipped. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.955 (right leg), W. 0.298 (right leg with tree trunk), H. 0.666 (left leg), W. 0.215 (left leg) | |
| Dimensions Restored: | H. ca. 2.00 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Area: | Mosaic House | |
| Context: | NB153 P179 | |
| NB153 P174 | ||
| NB154 P38 | ||
| Bibliography: | Vanderpool, C. de G. 2003. "Roman Portraiture: The Many Faces of Corinth." In Corinth, the Centenary: 1896-1996, edited by C. K. Williams II and N. Bookidis, 369-84. Athens: American School of Classical Studies. See esp. p.372, n. 20.; Corinth 20, 2003. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Vanderpool, Corinth 20, 2003 Monument: Mosaic House Image: bw 4869 Basket: NB153 P174 Basket: NB153 P179 Basket: NB154 P38 Notebook Page: NB 154, spread 27 (pp. 38 - 39) |
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