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Syn column capital with head, overview. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Syn column capital with head, detail of face. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Corinthian Head Capital from Palaestra Colonnade: Female Head
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 208
- Date
- Early 3rd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Uninv. Syn 138
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Capital
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn Pa/S
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E112 - E113 / N21 - N22
- Findspot
- Pa-E.
- Description
- The head turns slightly to the l. The face has an elegant small chin, open "breathing" mouth, and distended nostrils. Short hair flows out to the sides. She is probably a maenad or a goddess. The piece belongs to the palaestra colonnade, as can be deduced from the findspot and by the round shape of the bottom of the capital, which fits the columns found there.
- Condition
Marble.
Upper part of head battered. Most of front of capital preserved.
- Dimensions
- H. of capital 0.725; bottom diam. 0.59-0.62. H. of head 0.145; w. 0.21.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: BASOR182, 37, fig. 29; Hirschland, Head Capitals, 17, pl. 7c.
- Author
- NHR