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Torso of athlete, Manisa 326. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Marble Statue of the Torso of an Athlete
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 74
- Date
- Hadrianic, Roman
- Museum
- Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 326
- Museum Inventory No.
- 326
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Manisa 326
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Athlete
- Site
- Sardis
- Findspot
- Found at Sardis in 1951.
- Description
- The nude male had r. arm raised, holding a wide ribbon, the tasseled end of which is preserved on l. shoulder; hence an anadoumenos. The position of the neck shows the head was turned slightly to proper r. and forward. A trace of a rectangular strut for attaching lowered l. arm is on the hip. R. arm was pieced; raised edge for attaching the seated piece is preserved. The forms are very soft and the abdomen looks unusually feminine. Fine Hadrianic modeling and surface. The type dates to the 4th C. B.C.; the pose is related to the Hermes of Olympia.
- Condition
- Marble. Sugary surface. Head, legs, arms below shoulders missing.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.49; W. 0.20.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR