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Gladiator, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Gladiator
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 154
- Date
- 3rd C. AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx63.003
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Funerary Relief, Gladiator
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- In the Pactolus bed, just S of the bridge over the Izmir-Salihli highway.
- Description
The gladiator’s helmet has a protective flap covering his neck; the face is exposed. His round shield, covering the front and l. side of his body, has a small elongated knob in the front center, cf. Cat. 153 (Fig. 298). His body does not seem to be padded, except on the legs. He carries a sword in his r. hand.
The pose and size are exactly the same as Cat. 153, and the workmanship is similar. The two may well have been done by the same hand, on similar types of stelai.
- Dimensions
- H 0.325; W 0.18; Th. background 0.023; Th. relief ca. 0.02.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR