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Victory fragment, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Victory Fragment
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 173
- Date
- 2nd C. AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx67.006
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Sarcophagus
- Sculpture Type
- Sarcophagus
- Site
- Sardis?
- Findspot
- Unknown.
- Description
- The Victory has been carved with care; her transparent chiton, belted beneath the breasts, reveals her navel. The drapery also blows over her legs, revealing their shape. Her wings are still visible behind her l. shoulder and (damaged) at her r. The thick garlands were made up entirely of leaves. The leaves are thickly undercut, the Victory is full-bodied, and the drapery is fine. This is one of the better sarcophagus fragments, probably to be dated in the 2nd C. A.D.
- Condition
Marble.
Only the corner of the sarcophagus is preserved; the Victory from neck to knees; and the beginnings of a garland on each side of her.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.29; W. 0.29; D. 0.15. Victory H. 0.27; W. 0.15.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR