| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 308 | |
| Title: | LIFE-SIZED STATUE OF DRAPED MALE | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 308 | |
| Description: | Standing male figure, weight on l. leg, r. leg bent and set slightly to side, r. knee protrudesthrough himation, perhaps originally a vertical support at l. side; r. arm bent across chest, l. hand on hip. Wears tunic, visible at neck; over it, Greek himation wrapped closely around both shoulders, arms, r. hand holding border; folds of drapery cross body horizontally at waist level; long diagonal folds from l. hip to r. ankle; looping folds of drapery hang from bent l. arm. Drill work in folds; rasp marks on drapery, especially in back. Position and dress same as Aischines in Naples, nearly same as Lateran Sophokles, uncommon in Roman portrait statues. | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble with a little mica. | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Complete from shoulders to lower legs. Lacks head (inserted), fingers of r. hand, both feet; drapery hem chipped on l. side. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.58 (shoulders) W00.11 (hand) W00.17 (head socket) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H01.47 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Hadrianic or Antonine | |
| Area: | Forum central | |
| Context: | NB10 P8 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth IX N192; DeGrazia N079. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: De Grazia, Excavations of the American school ... 1980 Monument: Forum central Image: bw 1548 Image: bw 2014 Basket: NB10 P8 Notebook Page: NB 10, spread 9 (p. 9) |
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