KS002b (Roman Marble Draped Figural Sculpture) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Creamy to golden white, fine, semitranslucent, calcite marble with visible crystalline structure. Pentelic.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Statue or Statuette
Description
Chip from surface of small statue of draped figure. Three thick, flowing folds separated by two grooves, one deep, that converge toward top, probably from a chiton. Sculpting of fine, bright marble is of very high quality, sharp and fluid.
Preservation description
One small triangular fragment preserves one sculpted face. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight, sparse chipping on all surfaces. Slight, somewhat sparse encrustation.
Published as
Linardatos2022, pp. 1230-1231, 1234, 1235, no. 951, fig. 27.5
Preserved height
0.059
Preserved thickness
0.02
Preserved width
0.034
Chronology comment
Roman
Material
Marble (Material)
Drawing
Photograph