KS001 (Early-Middle Roman Limestone Funerary Sculpture) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Brownish gray, somewhat soft, granular, sandy limestone. Local source.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Funerary Sculpture
Description
Miniature bust with face and upper chest sculpted in frontal orientation. Pointed head with oval face has very schematic features in low relief: slightly sunken forehead; deeply set eyes behind heavy brows; angular nose with two small nostrils; slightly rounded cheeks; wide, rectangular mouth with parted lips; broad, rounded chin. Narrow indentation represents neck, below which is wide, spreading base representing upper chest. Two small, rounded protrusions on chest beneath jaws seem to represent breasts or nipples.
Preservation comment
Intact but part of nose and right eye broken. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping.
Published as
Linardatos2022, pp. 1231, 1233-1234, no. 949, fig. 27.4
Height
0.102
Thickness
0.073
Width
0.102
Material
Limestone (Material)
Drawing
Photograph