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Fragment with winged figure, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment with Winged Figure
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 175
- Date
- 2nd or 3rd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- NoEx60.011
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Sarcophagus
- Sculpture Type
- Sarcophagus
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Field E of UT.
- Description
- Relief shows a nude winged male figure, “floating,” with head turned to his r. His arms are outstretched, the r. one presumably held a wreath or inscribed panel. A feathery wing rises above his l. shoulder, and larger striations behind his head also seem to indicate a wing. The subject, and the thick wall of stone, suggests that this is a sarcophagus fragment. The modeling of facial features and hair is carefully done and the torso and arms show a good sense of anatomy, but the striated wing is more crude. A date in the 2nd or 3rd C. A.D. seems possible.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.31; W. 0.24; D. 0.20; max. H. of relief 0.04.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: BASOR162, 49, fig. 30.
- Author
- NHR