Corinth Object: S 55
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 55
Title:   STATUE OF DRAPED FEMALE
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   55
Description:   Standing female figure, c. LS; weight on l. leg; r. leg bent at knee and set slightly back; l. arm bent at c. 90 degree angle at elbow and extended forward; l. hand at about hip level (hand dowelled on separately); r. arm originally bent sharply and brought across chest underneath drapery, with r. hand near l. shoulder lightly holding fold of cloth; wears chiton, whose crinkly folds are visible at neck and over lower parts of legs; edge of chiton falls onto top surface of plinth, covering most of both feet; over it, Greek himation is wrapped around body, over both shoulders, covering both arms; wide flat folds crossing from l. hip to r. knee; edge of himation falls vertically from l. hand to level of calf; surface for attachment of r. arm smoothed and then gouged with a point; round plinth, closely following contour of drapery; drill work in drapery folds, especially on lower part of chiton; front surfaces carefully smoothed; rasp marks visible on back; rectangular cuttings (0.04 x 0.02 m) on r. and l. sides of rear hem for fastening statue to base; copy of well-known statue type, so-called "Small Herculaneum Woman," frequently used for Roman portraits; probably a portrait.S-1180 orig. attributed to it but no such object. See there. According to Brown 2017, perhaps representing Regilla in Late Antiquity.
Material:   Fine-crystalled white marble.
Condition:   Missing parts. Lacks head (inserted), most of r. arm (cemented on), l. hand; lacks projecting parts of both feet.
Dimensions Actual:   W00.39 (shoulders) W00.17 (head socket) W00.07 (l. wrist) D00.28
Dimensions Preserved:   H01.49
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Chronology:   2nd century A.D., Antonine
Area:   Peirene
Context:   NB6 P37
Bibliography:   AJA 1902, P424-27; Reinach, Repertoire III, 192, 11; Johnson, Lysippus, N26; Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 9; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, P436; DeGrazia, diss, P298, N97; Brown 2017, Corinth in Late Antiquity, fig. 25
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980
Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981
Publication: Tucker, American Journal of Archaeolog6:4... 1902
Monument: Peirene
Images (5)
Basket: NB6 P37
Notebook Pages (4)