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Overview of fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Fragment of Leg (?)
Report 2: Sculpture from Sardis: The Finds through 1975
(1978)
Cat. 84
- Date
- 2nd C. AD, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- S61.027.5
- 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 ruined house of first Sardis expedition.
- Description
The piece is possibly part of an arm or thigh.
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.
Only one rounded polished surface preserved.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.15; W. 0.30.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR