| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 925 | |
| Title: | DRAPED FIGURE: LATE ROMAN MAGISTRATE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 925 | |
| Description: | Standing, draped, frontally-posed, four-square figure carved from Ionic architrave block; feet parted, pointed forward. Statue unworked on left side; back roughly finished. Wears ankle-length tunic beneath heavier cloak open along right side; drapery falls in broad, shallow vertical folds coming to rest on shoes which peek from beneath; right shoe slip-on with high tongue and back, pointed toes andthin soles with details incised; left shoe unfinished;Stands on rectangular plinth joined with drapery at bottomback side; plinth retains three fasciae of architrave blockand 1/2 inscribed letter on top fascia; frieze with mouldings cut away. Running drill used to separate hem of cloak from plinth; traces of point and punch on plinth. Traces of blue (modern?) paint above left foot and along right side. | |
| Material: | White marble | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Figure preserved from waist to plinth; edges of drapery chipped; surface weathered and stained. | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H01.160 (with plinth) H01.010 (without plinth) W00.450(statue) H00.150 (plinth) W00.460 (plinth) L00.260 (shoe) | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | First half 6C AD. | |
| Area: | St. John's northwest | |
| Context: | NB49 P86 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 981 P448 Corinth IX P153 N328 de GraziaDiss P291 N693 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Monument: St. John's northwest Image: bw 2079 Basket: NB49 P86 Notebook Page: NB 49, spread 24 (pp. 85 - 86) |
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