| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 1999 8 | |
| Title: | MARBLE STATUETTE: ENTHRONED ASKLEPIOS | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Year: | 1999 | |
| Object Number: | 8 | |
| Related Objects: | S-1999-22, S-2000-3 | |
| Description: | Asklepios seated on throne, leaning forward with head turned slightly to proper rt.; rt. arm down, forearm diagonal, lt. arm raised; lt. foot pulled back and turned slightly out. Asklepios wears plain round wreath; hair parted in middle with short curls to either side, lengthening around face with longuish curls to shoulders; has mustache and curly beard; himation hangs vertically from lt. shoulder and upper arm with zigzag border and V-shaped folds; crosses back, and pulled over legs, tucked in under lt. leg, from which a fall of 2 zigzag folds; over lap folds gathered in groups with deep drill channels separating groups; folds pulled from lt. knee to rt. lower leg. Wears elaborate network sandals that tie above ankle. Feet rest on large footstool with squat animal feet and central groove, top rasped. High-backed throne, back face incised in squares, has projecting wings, elaborate lyre-shaped legs with 3 groups of double volutes; figure seated on cushion. A square base supports throne, with mouldings at bottom, top: fascia, quarter round, surface rasped. Large snake coiled against rt. side of throne, head originally under A's right hand. Base: rectangular, profile: high fascia at top, bottom, narrow fasciae framing concave channel on 3 sides, back flat; rasp and flat chisel on top, flat on sides. Drill outlines A's torso on seat; Figure highly polished. Left forearm: S-1999-22; left hand: S-2000-3. | |
| Decoration: | Red paint well preserved on: hair, mustache and beard, pupils; borders of himation; outline on volutes of throne; snake red. | |
| Mythology: | Asklepios | |
| Attributes: | Snake | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble. | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., preserving complete except right hand; throne: missing most of back lt. leg, small parts front legs, cross straps of seat; upper part of snake, head missing. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.423 (max) H00.348 (statue) H00.075 (base) W00.224 L00.245 (base) H00.060 (head + beard) W00.027 (face) L00.062 (foot) | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. Context 3rd quarter 4th c.; 2/2 2nd c., according to Stirling | |
| Area: | Panaghia Villa | |
| Context: | NB918 B95 P123 | |
| Findspot Description: | Found (943.50N/410.50E) SW of Roma, head a short distance away facing E., in layer of fresco and mudbrick, embedded in tile layer. Elev. 092.57 (rt. shoulder). | |
| Bibliography: | Stirling 2008, Hesperia 77:1, no. 3a; Sanders 2005, p. 424 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stirling, Hesperia 77:1, 2008 Monument: Panaghia Villa Images (24) Basket: NB918 B95 P123 Notebook Page: NB 918, spread 66 (p. 123) |
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