| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 2015 1a | |
| Title: | MARBLE WING | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | S-2015-1B | |
| Description: | Wing of over life-sized figure, possibly near connection point to shoulder. Curved in profile with highest point at edge becoming flatter towards break. Similar to S-1895. | |
| Decoration: | Rounded overlapping feathers with shafts in high relief. No distinction between inner and outer vane of feathers, both indicated with groups of three to five lightly incised diagonal lines. Edge has plainer rounded feathers across curve that fade into plain, roughly smoothed back. Similar to S-1837 and S-1895 (possibly Nike figures). | |
| Material: | White, micacaeus marble, possibly Pentelic. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving greater than one-fifth of top of wing and portion of original width. Larger frgt. from B32. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.095 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.33 (approx.), W. 0.28 (approx.) | |
| Weight Description: | 9.03 (1.2+7.83) | |
| Weight: | 9.03 | |
| 1.2 | ||
| +7.83 | ||
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | based on context | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | South Stoa, context 32 | |
| South Stoa, context 28 | ||
| South Stoa, context 45, LOT 2015 054 | ||
| LOT 2015 054 | ||
| Bibliography: | James 2019, Hesperia 88.1, cat. 47 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: digital 2016 0885 Basket: South Stoa, context 28 Basket: South Stoa, context 32 Basket: South Stoa, context 45 |
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