R2 Cat. 236

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

550-540 BC (Lydian or Late Lydian)

On a plinth with forepaws extended in front, the lion has its head turned to the l. with the mouth wide open and tongue protruding. The eyes are hollow for inlay, the ears fairly close to the head. The mane is arranged in leaf-like locks, many ending...

R2 Cat. 237

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

(Lydian?)

"This [colossal lion's head] in all probability belonged to the cornice of the temple and when in place, stood in a position almost directly above the spot where it was found, being the water-spout nearest the corner of the temple. The scale of the h...

R2 Cat. 238

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late archaic? (Lydian?)

A sitting bird of prey is holding with slightly bent talons a long-eared creature -- hare or rabbit. The wings are folded on the back; they have three tiers of long feathers, while the front part is stylized in small vertical ovals. The chest feather...

R2 Cat. 239

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

480-450 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The seated sphinx is partly in the round, partly in relief. A rectangular slab has been worked so that the forelegs and frontal lower part of the body stand free. Behind the head (now lost) and upper part of the body the background was retained and w...

R2 Cat. 240

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 420-400 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

The stele has an oval finial, seven-petalled palmette on antithetic horizontal spirals, and downward-pointed small lotus. The anthemion projects slightly to the spectator's r. "The lateral projection ... was probably next to the dromos, whereas the s...

R2 Cat. 241

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

394 BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Two vertical half-volutes grow out of small acanthus chalices to support a seven-leaf simple palmette. Two small flowers (or ears of corn?) flank the central petal. Three large downward-pointed chalices are in the center below the palmette. Below the...

R2 Cat. 242

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Early 4th C. BC (Late Lydian (Persian))

Funerary stele with Lydian inscription and rounded palmette anthemion, stele of Alikres, son of Karos.Grayish "local" marble. Much reddish incrustation on face.

Piece of marble broken off at top. According to Buckler (Sardis VI, 2, 49) bottom is origi...

R2 Cat. 243

Sculpture, Sarcophagus

Marble, Stone

2nd or early 3rd C. AD (Roman)

For full description and discussion, see Sardis V, 3ff.; Mansel, Erwerbungsbericht, 176, fig. 6; Ferrari, Commercio Sarcofagi, 39; Lawrence, Additional Sarcophagi, 116ff.; Wiegartz, Säulensarkophage, 158 (Istanbul G) and further bibliography therein....

R2 Cat. 244

Sculpture, Sarcophagus

Marble, Stone

Ca. 170-180 AD (Roman)

The corner fragment comprises "the cornice of the left intercolumniation of a lateral face, and the left extremity of the adjacent raking cornice" (Sardis V, 39). The interior border is raised to hold the lid. The acroteria consist of a headless anim...

R2 Cat. 245

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd or 1st C. BC (Hellenistic)

The pediment has three acroteria: the central one has two snakes pointing downwards; the other two each have one snake pointing upwards. The recessed niche has tapering sides parallel to the stele sides. The relief shows a woman standing in a Pudicit...

R2 Cat. 246

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

50-25 BC (Hellenistic)

The priestess stands twisted slightly to her l., her r. foot drawn back and resting on the toes. She wears a chiton, himation, and platformed sandals, and stands on a square inscribed base.

The himation is drawn from her r. to her l. side across her b...

R2 Cat. 247

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late 3rd C. BC (Hellenistic)

The nude, winged Eros, just older than a baby, stands with the weight on his r. leg, his head turned slightly to proper l. His r. arm is bent at the elbow and across the body. A small fragment of an arrow is held in his r. hand. The l. hand probably ...

R2 Cat. 248

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Roman? (Roman?)

The central head of the Hekateion has circular locks and a floral crown. The two lateral heads have ribbons in their hair which is parted in the center and falls in long locks on their shoulders. They wear turreted crowns. There are incised lines on ...

R2 Cat. 249

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

1st or 2nd C. AD (Roman)

The kouros, treated as a frontal relief, stands with both feet together and both arms down the sides. A strand of hair remains on his r. shoulder. The neck, chest, and abdomen are outlined in a sharp, linear fashion. The pubic hair is somewhat styliz...

R2 Cat. 250

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

1st half of 1st C. AD (Roman)

The idealized head of Augustus is turned slightly to his I. The sharp lines for eyebrows are prominent; the large eyes have no markings for pupil or iris. The nose is sharp and pointed, the mouth small. The face is attractive, but remarkably lacking ...

R2 Cat. 251

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 140 AD (Roman)

The following description is after İnan-Rosenbaum: The back of the head is hollow and has a large dowel hole in the center flanked by two oblong dowel holes. Two other dowel holes at ear lobe level are broken away. There are drill channels in the hai...

R2 Cat. 252

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Ca. 140 AD? (Antonine) (Roman)

The following description is taken from Sardis I, 147: "A colossal sculptured face, very well preserved . . . differs entirely from the similar heads found here; for, though in high relief, it was almost certainly never part of an entire head, but wa...

R2 Cat. 253

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

(Hellenistic)

The horseman, according to Buckler and Robinson, has a crescent behind his shoulders and therefore represents Mên (ibid.). He wears a short belted tunic with a few minimal diagonal folds. In his r. hand he may hold a short stick. The beginning of the...

R2 Cat. 254

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

AD 218-235 (Roman)

The portrait was worked for insertion into a statue body. The head is turned slightly to the l., and the woman looks upwards, as indicated by the drilled bean-shaped pupils which are placed high within the incised irises. The surfaces of the eyes are...

R2 Cat. 255

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

3rd C. AD (Roman)

The bust of a woman is framed by an arched niche with a pilaster on each side, with simple capital and base. The head is turned slightly to the l. Her hair is parted in the middle and drawn behind her ears, where it falls in heavy locks. The drapery,...

R2 Cat. 256

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd or 3rd C. AD (Roman)

Cybele is enthroned and seated between two lions. The arched recess in which she sits suggests a shrine. She wears a high-girt chiton with a V-neck. The transparent cloth reveals her navel and the shape of her breasts. A heavier cloth himation is dra...

R2 Cat. 257

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

2nd or early 3rd C. AD (Roman)

Roaring lion supports a moulded plinth with inscription:

The inscription may refer to erotes or satyrs who carry off jars and food. The piece may have stood against a wall, supporting a shelf.

R2 Cat. 258

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

(Hellenistic)

The head, which is turned slightly to the r., has a close-cropped mane which swings to the l. at the top. The horse's ears were erect. His lively face has small eyes beneath heavy bones, large and distended nostrils, and an open mouth with teeth show...

R2 Cat. 259

Sculpture

Marble, Stone

Late Hellenistic (Roman)

In plan the statue is a not quite regular rectangle with a projection for the feet. Seen from the back, the lines of the base slant to the l. The goddess sits on the high-backed throne with her legs slightly to proper l. She wears a low polos without...

R2 Cat. 260

Sculpture, Sarcophagus

Marble, Stone

Late 2nd C. AD (Roman)

There are very carefully trimmed rectangular bosses (H. 0.10; W. 0.14) at the centers of both ends of the sarcophagus and two on each side. The pediment has a plain epistyle, fine dentils, a Lesbian cyma, and plain band. A gutter decorated with doubl...