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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | S 2012 4 | | Title: | | MARBLE DRAPERY | | Category: | | Sculpture | | Category Code: | | S | | Year: | | 2012 | | Object Number: | | 4 | | Description: | | Drapery carved in relatively coarse-grained white marble, preserving portions of 2 complete folds and edges for 2 more on either side of the fragment. Greatest preserved length is 0.089 along the line of the larger fold. All folds run in nearly parallel lines and are roughly circular in section, with a diameter of 0.051 between finished edges for the larger fold and a diameter of 0.036 for the smaller one. A concave depression 0.017 wide and preserving much of the original surface lies 0.016 behind the plane of the preserved front surface of the smaller fold, separating the 2 folds. The largest fold begins to divide at one end into two; a portion of the drill mark for this divide is preserved along the break and the sculptor has shown the fabric pulled into a subtly angled plane around it. The closest comparanda in the museum for this treatment of the folds are (in descending order of similarity) the bottom of the tunic worn beneath the cuirass of the statue of an armored man from the Julian basilica from the 2/4 of the 2nd c. CE (Corinth IX 143), the similar tunic on the statue of an armored man from the forum in the 1st c. CE under the courtyard roof by the entrance, and the statue of a standing nude male with a cloak over his left shoulder on the east side of the courtyard. Additionally, the size and shape of the folds requires a lifesize scale for the original sculpture and suggests they should be oriented vertically rather than horizontally or at an angle. Based on the above comparanda, the fragment is likely from a lifesize standing male figure wearing either cloak or heavy tunic. | | Material: | | Coarse-grained white marble | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving section of two complete folds of drapery and edges for two more. | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L. 0.089, W. 0.087, Th. 0.68 | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 837, LOT 2012 046 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2012 1508
Basket: Nezi Field, context 837
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