R2 Cat. 38

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 350-330 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The large rounded muscles of the shoulders, body, and hind legs are shown in motion. The mane had a halo-like arrangement radiating around the face, then descending in a triangle over the chest. Upright head and entire chest were turned to his r. A b...

R2 Cat. 41

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late 6th or 5th C. BC? (Late Lydian (Persian))

A straight rectangular cut was made to seat the neck, head, and part of the wing (rectangle: W. 0.19, L. 0.15; dowel hole: diam. 0.035, D. 0.035). Judging from the cutting, the head may have been slightly turned to the proper r. The tail is slung up ...

R2 Cat. 42

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

4th or 3rd C. BC? (Late Lydian (Persian)?)

Unlike Cat. 41 (Figs. 142-143), this sphinx is made in one piece with the lower back part of the throne. The body is partly in the round (at the front and on top) and partly in relief and, unlike Cat. 41, the relief background extends under the body ...

R2 Cat. 55

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

(Hellenistic or Roman)

The woman stands with l. foot forward slightly, her weight on the r. leg. The overfold of the himation is attached at her r. shoulder, and hangs in diagonal folds to her upper thighs. The pattern is elaborated by two nearly symmetrical falls of drape...

R2 Cat. 62

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

1st Half of 2nd C. AD (Roman)

The figure wears an ungirt peplos with short sleeves; Hanfmann and Polatkan suggest (Three Sculptures, 65) that this may be a priestess of Artemis, although the dress is quite different from Moschine (Cat. 246, Figs. 426-427), the only known priestes...

R2 Cat. 65

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd C. AD? (Roman)

The lower part of a heavy woolen cloak goes in a curving diagonal across the chiton, sweeping over the feet. The r. leg was drawn back, pulling the chiton with it. There are deep vertical drill runs in the chiton, whereas the himation has broad smoot...

R2 Cat. 74

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Hadrianic (Roman)

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 ...

R2 Cat. 78

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 120 AD? (Roman)

The portrait shows a lady wearing a diadem and a veil which hangs down on both sides of the head in several folds. The back of the veil is only very roughly worked, suggesting that the piece was intended for display against a wall.

The piece is mounte...

R2 Cat. 108

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Antonine? (Roman?)

The hair is piled up in wreath-like coiffure above the forehead. The crown of the head is carved in flatter waves, encircled by a rounded and twisted fillet. Lower half of ears shows beneath hair, as on the Boston head from Mylasa. Loose strands fall...

R2 Cat. 121

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd C. AD (Roman)

Dionysus, standing frontally, is accompanied at his r. by a recumbent panther and a satyr, whose feet only are preserved. A round broken stump in front of the l. foot of Dionysus suggests that he carried a thyrsus in his l. hand. His long hair falls ...

R2 Cat. 125

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Hadrianic (Roman)

Asklepios stands with weight on I. leg, r. leg bent, I. hand on hip. His head was turned slightly to proper r. He wears sandals with closed heels; a cloak falls over his I. shoulder, is drawn across both hips and held by I. hand, leaving most of tors...

R2 Cat. 160

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd C. AD? (Roman?)

The three bucrania of the cylindrical altar are tied to garlands with beaded ribbons vittae). Above the garlands are a moon, crescent, and star.

The dedicatory inscription mentions Noemon, priest of the Mother of the Gods.

The work is reasonably ca...

R2 Cat. 195

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd or 3rd C. AD (Roman)

A stylized Corinthian pilaster capital, this has unusually vertical and straight tendrils, one stem on each side breaking into two curved tendrils under the simple top profile. An acanthus leaf frames each side. In the center, between the tendrils, i...

R2 Cat. 212

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

1st or 2nd C. AD (Roman)

A priestess, praying with raised arms, stands on the end of a block. She wears a peplos, belted beneath the breasts, and an extra piece of cloth hangs diagonally across her chest. The drapery clings to both legs and falls in three heavy folds, one at...

R2 Cat. 263

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd C. AD (Roman)

The three-headed Hekate has a common trunk and polos, and three arms. The faces are badly worn, but are flat, with prominent rounded chins. The hair, parted in the middle, falls in undifferentiated tresses to the shoulders. Breasts are clearly deline...

R2 Cat. 217

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial (Hellenistic or Roman)

A (at S end of table). An eagle, looking to proper r. and with wings outstretched, clutches thunderbolts with both claws. His large rounded chest (projecting 0.11 from background) and legs are covered with overlapping feathers. Upper wings have a sim...

R2 Cat. 156

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

3rd-2nd C. BC (Hellenistic)

The architectural frame consists of a rather steeply pitched pediment outlined on the rock with rows of points. Underneath the pediment is a row of (originally 16?) rectangles alternately projecting and recessed; 8 raised and 4 recessed rectangles su...

R2 Cat. 168

Sculpture, Sarcophagus

Marble, Stone

Hellenistic or Early Roman (Hellenistic or Roman)

On the molding is a neat egg and dart; under it, a bull's head carrying a garland of leaves and fruit. A four-petalled rosette hangs over the garland. This is sketchy work, but the egg and dart, particularly, is done with a certain skill. If this is ...

R2 Cat. 230

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

600-550 BC (Lydian)

The square joints at the sides are preserved. The flat moulding is similar to but thinner than that above the relief on Cat. 231 (Fig. 401). In Cat. 230, it runs horizontally below the frieze as a ground line. The relief shows a row of three grazing ...

R2 Cat. 231

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

550-450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The joint on the r. is square, that on the I. is beveled, with a plain vertical band in front indicating the end of the relief. There are two flat moldings along the top and bottom; the space above, below, and between is recessed; and the relief is i...

R2 Cat. 232

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

500-480 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The relief, which is probably from a funerary stele, was described by Richter, but renewed examination shows that the face is bearded and the nose big and elongated (cf. the bearded boxer, Richter, Archaic Gravestones, no. 31, fig. 92) The hairdo and...

R2 Cat. 233

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

450-425 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Although there is no sign of dowelling on top, the stele probably had a covering element, possibly a palmette. A female figure facing to I. is placed freely and somewhat asymmetrically on a claw-chiseled background. The sides of the stele are also cl...

R2 Cat. 234

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

330-329 BC (Hellenistic)

C. H. Greenewalt, Jr. noted that at the top, the relief molding has painted egg and dart motif, yellow with black background. There are five lines of text in Lydian, with red preserved in some letters. Below the text is a sculptured scene showing a m...

R2 Cat. 234bis

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

300 BC (Hellenistic)

The bearded man lies on a couch with a drinking cup in his I. hand. A snake coils over his l. shoulder and his veiled wife sits at his feet. Before him stands a three-legged table, beside it a wine jar and a small boy who is serving the wine. On the ...

R2 Cat. 235

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 500 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The lion is seated in a frontal position. The tail loops under the hindquarters and over the left haunch. The mane has long wavy locks ending slightly down the back, less deeply cut than Synagogue lions (Cat. 25A, Cat. 25B Figs. 92-101). The style is...