R2 Cat. 264
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
228 AD (Roman)
Set within a slight rectangular depression and standing on a narrow ledge is a standing woman, identified as Trophime in the inscription. In a frontal position, she raises her r. hand in prayer; the l. is at her side. She wears a chiton and a himatio...
R2 Cat. 265
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
4th C. AD? (Roman)
In a narrowly recessed rectangular panel stand two soldiers in military dress, their r. hands raised in folds, and they wear a triangular-shaped over-fold with incised parallel V-folds. They also wear boots. The two figures are frontal; there is no e...
R2 Cat. 266
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Date unascertainable (Roman)
The unfinished standing frontal male holds his r. arm, bent upwards at the elbow, away from his body. The l. arm is not clear but the vertical, undulating band along the l. side may be a club (therefore, figure thought to be Herakles). The head and h...
R2 Cat. 267
Sculpture
Limestone, Stone
3rd C. AD (Roman)
A horizontal diadem is worn across the top of the forehead. The hair is long and wavy, with ivy and grape bunches, crudely modeled, and with occasional drill holes. At the back the hair is flat. The inner corners of the eyes and pupils are drilled. T...
R2 Cat. 268
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
2nd-3rd C. AD (Roman)
The figure appears to have been moving toward r. with r. arm raised, left lowered and probably held against her stomach, where there is a prominent break. A lock of hair lies on her l. shoulder, falling over the graceful wide neckline of the high-gir...
R2 Cat. 269
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Ca. 480-470 BC ()
The controversy over the “Borgia stele” is reviewed with bibliography by Friis-Johansen (Attic Grave-Reliefs, 125, n. 2) who notes that the provenance is not known with certainty. Finati (Supposto Ulisse, 3f., text, pl. 10) states that according to a...
R2 Cat. 270
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Late Hellenistic or very early Roman Imperial (Hellenistic or Roman)
A horseman is shown riding to r. and approaching a round altar and tree. He wears a short tunic and a cloak attached with a brooch. His face is too damaged to determine whether or not he was bearded. A snake drinks from a patera (?) on the altar. A w...
R2 Cat. 271
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
2nd or 3rd C. AD (Roman)
The figure wears a girt tunic with a chlamys fastened over the r. shoulder and falling down to his feet in back. There is a circular pillar at the l. leg. He holds a caduceus with the lowered l. hand. On the front of the base there is a Greek inscrip...
R2 Cat. 272
Sculpture, Inscription
Marble, Stone
5th-4th C. BC? (Late Lydian (Persian))
"There is no evidence for any covering of the inscription; no remnants of stucco nor mortar revetment backing nor revetment pin holes were observed anywhere on the piers. On the evidence, the inscription was visible when reused" (A.R. Seager, by lett...
R2 Cat. 273
Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription
Marble, Stone
Original date 367-366 BC, 39th year of Artaxerxes II Mnemon. (Late Lydian (Persian))
The original base of the statue is lost. Its inscription, a dedication by the satrap Droaphernes, was copied in Roman times together with other texts. The inscription is published with commentary by L. Robert. I believe with C.H. Greenewalt, Jr. (Sev...
R2 Cat. 274
Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription
Marble, Stone
(Late Lydian (Persian))
The top is very roughly trimmed with large point and is clearly not the original surface which probably was smooth. The rather deeply cut holes for two feet seem to be for a human statue (left cutting: L. 0.155; D. 0.045; right cutting: L. 0.14; D. u...
R2 Cat. 275
Sculpture, Statue Base, Inscription
Marble, Stone
20-30 AD (Roman)
The preserved top of the plinth has fine pointed chisel work; the interior of the cutting for the statue base is rough chiseled. The profile shows a simple molding at top and bottom, with a drafted band below the top molding.
Socrates son of Polemaio...