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    Venus or Aphrodite, or female torso. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Venus Torso

Date
Hellenistic or Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
NoEx64.002
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Mythological Figure, Human Figure
Site
Sardis
Findspot
Findspot unknown.
Description
The nude female had her weight on r. leg, l. leg forward. On outside of r. leg is a trace of an attribute or support. Workmanship is simple but effective. The modeling is somewhat hard, and therefore perhaps Roman but no technical points prove it.
Condition

White marble, stained.

Base of neck to below knees preserved. Arm missing. Broken and rejoined below waist and at thighs.

Dimensions
H. 0.65; W. of neck 0.08; D. at buttocks 0.15.
Comments
For close Hellenistic parallel, a Venus Anadyomene, cf. Lullies, Aphrodite, figs. 43-44.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR