Corinth Object: S 2779
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   S 2779
Title:   WHTE MARBLE SMALL HAND IN DRAPERY
Category:   Sculpture
Category Code:   S
Object Number:   2779
Old Number:   S-1678 (number lapsed)
Description:   Left hand, much under life size, holding in tight fist drapery which completely covers it. Drapery forms series of folds over and around length of forearm.
Material:   White marble
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts, S-1678 preserves edge with hand; S-2779 small part of drapery on two sides with roughly worked back, small area of red color above. Join made by Mary Sturgeon in 2010.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.067
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.174, W. 0.067
Area:   Temple E northwest
Context:   NB307 B1 P106
Findspot Description:   S-1678: Roman Building S. of Oakley House. 1933. NB 137. S-2779 was in a fill of mixed to modern pottery at levels S. 86.694 N. 86.417. 1965, #11.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple E northwest
Image: bw 1965 098 24
Image: digital 2010 3406
Basket: NB307 B1 P106
Notebook Page: NB 165, spread 28 (pp. 36 - 37)