| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 813 | |
| Title: | STATUE OF DRAPED FEMALE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 813 | |
| Description: | Standing female figure, c. life-size; weight on l. leg; r. leg bent and set slightly back; r. arm bent with r. hand extended forward about breast level; l. arm bent slightly; l. hand extended forward and down at about hip level; wears chiton, visible at neck and r. breast; over it, Greek himation covers both shoulders; himation hangs straight down from l. shoulder, around r. shoulder, crossing body horizontally under r. forearm, breasts, held between body and l. upper arm; falls down over l. forearm with ends reaching to about mid-thigh level at side; rounded lines of drapery modelling r. leg; long diagonal folds from l. hip to r. calf; piece of neck from inserted head found with body (not a tight fit); rasp marks visible; drill work in folds; back roughly worked, flat chisel marks visible; one of a type with 5 other known copies, differing slightly in position of hands; additional statues show a similar type; pose with both arms extended suggests attitude of prayer; original statue probably late 4th century BC; Corinth copy probably used for a portrait. According to Brown 2017, perhaps representing Regilla in Late Antiquity? | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete from shoulders to lower legs. Lacks head (inserted), both hands (dowelled on);broken off below rt. knee, lt. lower leg. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.50 (shoulders) W00.165 (head socket) W00.52 (wrist to wrist) W00.075 (wrist) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H01.40 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Antonine period | |
| Area: | Northwest Shops Forum, northwest | |
| Context: | NB39 P70 | |
| Bibliography: | Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 10; Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981, P436;DeGrazia, diss, P299, N98; 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 Monument: Northwest Shops Forum, northwest Images (4) Basket: NB39 P70 Notebook Page: NB 35, spread 28 (p. 23) |
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