KM253 (Roman Marble Sculpture) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
White, fine marble with visible crystalline structure. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Statue or Statuette
Contributor Notes
2025: JLR 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
Explanation of deposition
Residual in sediment over floor of Octagon.
Belongs to Historical Period
Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Marble (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0912-005
Location in unit
Over central to east floor in chamber of Octagon.
Drawing
Photograph