• r2-153-10
    Stele fragment with gladiator relief, overview. (Telif hakkı Sart Amerikan Hafriyat Heyeti / Harvard Üniversitesi)

Gladyatör Rölyefli Stel Parçası

Dönem
3rd C. AD?, Roma
Sardeis veya Müze Env. No.
NoEx60.016
Malzeme
Mermer, Taş
Eserin Türü
Heykel
Heykelin Türü
Cenaze Kabartması, Gladyatör
Yerleşim
Sardis
Bulunduğu Yeri
Findspot unknown.
Tanım

The gladiator, clutching a short sword in his r. hand, strides toward the r. He is enclosed by a rectangular cutting. Below his feet was an inscription, giving the man’s name; all that remains is ΚΟΣ. The gladiator wears a heavy helmet with squared top and encircling protective visor, thick arm and body padding, greaves, and boots. His shield, held in front of his body by the (hidden) left hand, is a curved rectangular type covering him to the knees; a small elongated knob decorates the front center.

The relief is simple and bold, showing broad surfaces without detail. The style is somewhat stiff and flat, but not ineffective. A 3rd C. date seems likely.

Condition

White marble.

Surface heavily incrusted by brown calcium carbonate coating. L. side missing, cutting off border; also the man’s r. elbow and lower r. leg, and most of the inscription below.

Boyutlar
H. 0.625; W. 0.293; Th. 0.09; H. figure 0.43; H. relief 0.02-0.04
Yorum
Compare similar stele types, showing single gladiator and inscription, Robert, Gladiateurs, nos. 187, 226, 256 (all pl. VIII) and plates following. Cf. similar relief from Ephesus: Bammer-Fleischer-Knibbe, Führer Museum Selcuk-Ephesos, 145f., inv. no. 1290, with references. There are also six similar gladiator stelai lined up along the road E of the Ephesus agora (just S of the theater). Cf. also similar shield and armor on relief. García y Bellido, Esculturas romanas, 424, no. 428, pl. 306. Cf. also Cat. 154 (Fig. 299).
Ayrıca bakınız
Bkz.: M14, No. 413.
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