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    Athena torso, frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Athena Torso

Date
Hellenistic or 1st C. AD, Hellenistic
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4081
Museum Inventory No.
4081
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S59.025
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Mythological Figure, Human Figure
Site
Sardis
Sector
BS
Trench
BS 59
Locus
BS Locus BS-W 8 (Area of)
B-Grid Coordinates
W32.00 - W36.00 / S3.80 *97.50
Findspot
BS
Description

She wears a girt “Phidian” peplos arranged with a vertical fold from l. shoulder to the belt. The aegis has a gorgoneion and snakes on the upper and lower rims. Position of neck and hair on r. shoulder shows that the head was turned diagonally to proper l. (and upwards?). R. arm was raised, l. lowered and bent. Head and r. arm were doweled in, also l. arm below shoulder. Another dowel hole is on back of r. shoulder.

Careful chisel work and moderate use of drill (only on the aegis corner on her r. shoulder) suggest a good copy, not later than 1st C. A.D., of a 5th C. B.C. original.

Condition

Marble.

Neck to below waist preserved. R. side discolored as if from burning.

Dimensions
H. 0.21.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR