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    Fragment of palliatus. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Fragment of Palliatus

Date
1st or 2nd C. AD, Roman
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
S10.003
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Sculpture
Sculpture Type
Draped Man, Human Figure
Site
Sardis
Sector
AT
Locus
AT Precinct
Findspot
Found by Butler and brought to Sardis camp from AT in 1971.
Description

The l. leg is brought forward and framed by vertical folds. Simple long curving diagonal folds cover r. leg and move around to back side, where they are shallower. At back, coming from under bent l. arm, is a triangular end piece of cloak with tassel. Part of l. side and adjacent cloak are point-trimmed; back is almost entirely flat chisel work. Entire front has been smoothed. Lower part of statue was pieced on, as can be seen by the carefully trimmed and deep cutting which goes across the fragment as preserved.

Large simple folds are plastically modeled, especially on r. side.

Condition

White-gray local marble; reddish discoloration where unexposed, weathered gray-black.

L. upper thigh to below knees preserved; one fold broken off.

Dimensions
P.H. 0.22; W. 0.48; D. 0.34. About lifesize.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
On the palliatus, see references under Cat. 67 (Fig. 182).
Author
NHR