Inventory Number: | S 2363 | |
Section Number: | Ω 1567 | |
Title: | Herm of Silenus | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Post behind and above head missing as is right arm and chip from left. Mended from several pieces. Sleeping Silenus, set on and resting against a vertical, tapering post. Thick wool fillet around neck, head nodding forward and to proper right. Dressed in theatrical costume with thick belt somewhat above waist. Left arm hangs by side, holding drapery. Large furniture support or herm of some sort to be set against wall. Slight thickening at end of post for insertion. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA: This is a Dionysios or a Priapos, his expression is drowsy but his eyes are opened. | |
Context: | Destruction fill, Rooms 1 (body) and 2 (head) of Roman House H. | |
Notebook Page: | 2459, 2551 | |
Negatives: | Leica, 86-529, 86-530, 86-531, 87-475, 87-476, color slide | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 1.08; H. (Silenus only) ca. 0.61; W. 0.225; Th. 0.24 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | 2nd c. A.D. | |
Date: | 9 July 1970, 11 August 1970 | |
Section: | Ω | |
Grid: | P 21 | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), pp. 98-99, fig. 56. | |
Gualandi (1976), p. 162. | ||
Guide (1976), p. 302, fig. 158. | ||
Merker (1976), p. 28, no. 54, pl. 34-36. | ||
Agora XXIV, p. 41, pl. 39 b. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XXIV Publication: Museum Guide (2014) Publication Page: Agora 24, s. 19, p. xvi Publication Page: Agora 24, s. 65, p. 41 Publication Page: Agora 24, s. 220 Report: 1970 Ω Report Pages (4) Images (13) Notebook: Ω-12 Notebook: Ω-13 Notebook: Ω-14 Notebook Pages (6) Card: S 2363 Card: S 2363 |