KM253 (Roman Marble Sculpture) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

White, fine marble with visible crystalline structure. Exotic source.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Statue or Statuette

Contributor Notes

JLR (2025) updated identification to certainly figural sculpture.

Description

Figural sculpture? Amorphous fragment has two rounded protuberances: larger, upper one forming finished edge, and smaller, lower one broken widthwise. Subtle modeling suggests larger piece of sculpture, perhaps animal or human form: heel and bent ankle?

Preservation description

One small fragment with transverse fracture. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; slight, sparse encrustation.

Published as

GrahamReese2022, pp. 1239, 1244, 1245, no. 960, fig. 28.3

Preserved length

0.0594

Thickness

0.0213

Belongs to Historical Period

Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Marble (Material)

Drawing

Photograph