R2 Cat. 126
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
1st C. AD (Roman)
R. arm is against his side; l. arm is covered by the cloak which falls vertically in front and crosses diagonally to r. armpit in back. Musculature of chest and stomach is indicated in broad planes. R. hip is higher, thus weight is on r. leg.
The work...
R2 Cat. 127
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
180-250 AD (Roman)
Ganymede is grasped on r. hip and at l. side of waist by claws of the eagle. He wears a chlamys fastened with large round brooch in the center of his chest. Folds of chlamys and separations of claws are made by deep drill runs.
Drill work suggests a d...
R2 Cat. 128
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
2nd half of 2nd C. AD (Roman)
The head of Tyche is preserved from the crown to base of neck. She wears a crescent diadem with a crown of turrets. A mantel flows down the side of the crown behind her hair. The neck is slanted forward to her r. and the head turned back slightly to ...
R2 Cat. 129
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
1st half of 3rd C. AD (Roman)
Her weight is on l. leg, r. leg bent and drawn back. Her r. arm was probably held out, holding plektron, and l. holding kithara. She leans with l. leg against a simply profiled altar which supports the kithara on top. Muse wears high-girt chiton with...
R2 Cat. 130
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
(Hellenistic or Roman)
The slightly larger than lifesize foot is crossed by a sandal strap below base of toes. A heart-shaped attachment joins it to a second perpendicular strap which crosses between big and second toes. The attachment is decorated by Medusa head, with sna...
R2 Cat. 131
Sculpture
Steatite, Serpentine, Stone
1st or 2nd C. AD? (Roman)
R. foot rests on the base and is freestanding except for an attachment at the inner side of the back. L. foot is advanced in relief. The stylized feet and toes are elongated. The slanted break above the ankles is smoothed and left with a ridge used, ...
R2 Cat. 132
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
2nd half of 2nd C. AD (Roman)
The foot is about one and a half times lifesize. The drill was used only sparingly, at the outer ends of the divisions between the toes and to separate the big toe. Carefully chiseled channels divide the other toes. The bone structure and musculature...
R2 Cat. 133
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
5th C. AD (Late Roman)
Around the wrist is a large band, a bracelet, which ends or peters out on the underside of the arm. The fingers were separated first by sharp drilled rows of holes which were then cut away with sharp chisel strokes. The hand holds an object which was...
R2 Cat. 134
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
mid-3rd C. BC (Hellenistic)
The stele is tall and rectangular, tapering slightly toward the top. It is crowned by a pediment with three acroteria, the center one of which bears traces of a palmette; the two at the sides were not carved. On the face of the shaft is a recessed re...
R2 Cat. 135
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
perhaps 150-125 BC (Hellenistic)
A-1 and A-2. These fragments make up the lower r. portion of the relief. They show the legs and lower hem of the himation, of thick wool cloth, of a standing man, the central figure of the relief. Both feet came nearly straight out of the background:...
R2 Cat. 136
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
2nd C. BC (Hellenistic)
Fragment A shows the outline of the head, the l. shoulder, and elbow of a child standing beside the woman in B. Although the woman’s face is gone, the head cloth can be seen coming down on both shoulders. Her himation is drawn across her body and sup...
R2 Cat. 137
Sculpture
Marble, Stone
Hellenistic to 4th C. AD (Hellenistic)
At the top, in the pediment, is a moth with outstretched wings. The main recessed panel shows two large standing figures and part of a third to the r.; at the far l. are two smaller figures, one medium-sized, possibly seated, and the other a very sma...