Fragment of Colossal Leg
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 83
- Date
- 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.027.4
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Sculpture
- Sculpture Type
- Human Figure, Colossal Imperial Portrait, Portrait
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- AT
- Trench
- Church M
- Findspot
- Original findspot unknown; found in ruins of first Sardis expedition house, July 1961.
- Description
According to E. H. Kohler, anthropologist for the expedition in 1961, the piece comprises the lower portion of the knee to part way down the calf.
Fragments Cat. 80, Cat. 81, Cat. 82, Cat. 83, Cat. 84, Cat. 85, Cat. 86 and Cat. 87 (Figs. 198-200) may belong to the colossal statue of Antoninus Pius (Cat. 79 Figs. 196-197) and date to ca. A.D. 140.
- Condition
White marble.
Broken and battered at sides and back; also surface break on lower part. Preserved parts are finely polished.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.77; max W. 0.32; W. at knee 0.25; L. of leg part 0.37, of knee part 0.26.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR