Fragment of Palliatus
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 69
- Date
- 1st or 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S10.003
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Draped Man, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AT
- Locus
- AT Precinct
- Findspot
- Found by Butler and brought to Sardis camp from AT in 1971.
- Description
The l. leg is brought forward and framed by vertical folds. Simple long curving diagonal folds cover r. leg and move around to back side, where they are shallower. At back, coming from under bent l. arm, is a triangular end piece of cloak with tassel. Part of l. side and adjacent cloak are point-trimmed; back is almost entirely flat chisel work. Entire front has been smoothed. Lower part of statue was pieced on, as can be seen by the carefully trimmed and deep cutting which goes across the fragment as preserved.
Large simple folds are plastically modeled, especially on r. side.
- Condition
White-gray local marble; reddish discoloration where unexposed, weathered gray-black.
L. upper thigh to below knees preserved; one fold broken off.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.22; W. 0.48; D. 0.34. About lifesize.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- On the palliatus, see references under Cat. 67 (Fig. 182).
- Author
- NHR