Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | S 309 | |
Title: | "MARSYAS" TROPHY | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Category Code: | S | |
Object Number: | 309 | |
Description: | Lower part of sculpture showing tree trunk with large round knots near base. In relief on front surface are two human legs, from knees to ankles, where they end cleanly; 2 small horizontal pin holes on either side of both knees, D00.007, 1 on rt. ankle. Back of trunk roughly worked; entire surface poorly preserved. Johnson identified these as the legs of Marsyas, about to be flayed by Apollo; more likely to represent greaves, hung on the tree as part of a military trophy. | |
Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
Condition: | Fragment. Fragment preserving lower part of tree trunk; surface of l. knee broken away. | |
Dimensions Actual: | D01.15 (trunk at ankles) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H01.17 L00.58 (greaves) | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Roman | |
Area: | Forum central | |
Context: | NB10 P8 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth IX P057 N080. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum central Images (5) Basket: NB10 P8 Notebook Page: NB 10, spread 9 (p. 9) |