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Fragments of lifesize Apollo or Dionysus,frontal view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Fragments of lifesize Apollo or Dionysus, back view. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragments of Lifesize Apollo or Dionysus
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 120
- Date
- Hadrianic or early Antonine , Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S72.013a
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Mythological Figure, Human Figure
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- B
- Trench
- MC 72
- Locus
- B BE-H
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E10 / N52 *96.40
- Findspot
- BE-H, pool. Torso E10/N52 *96.4 (floor); shoulder E6.00/N49.5 *95.7; back E9.10/N50 *95.8.
- Description
The nude god with weight on r. leg, l. shoulder slightly drawn back is modeled on a 4th C. Praxitelean type. Long wavy locks fall on both shoulders.
Very competent well-modeled, well-polished work. Systematic but restrained use of stop-and-go running drill in locks, as well as polished style, indicate a Hadrianic or early Antonine date.
- Condition
White marble, large crystals. Slightly yellowish with reddish iron discoloration.
Ten fragments from lower neck to upper thighs. Both arms missing. Purposeful vertical cut on r. shoulder.
- Dimensions
- Torso: H. ca. 0.80; W. at hips 0.524.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Perhaps related to Dionysus leaning on a herm, Rizzo, Prassitele, pl. 115.
- Author
- NHR