Agora Object: S 502
Inventory Number:   S 502
Section Number:   Ξ 28
    Ο 1077
Title:   Torso Fragments of Nude Male Figure
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   a) The torso from just above the waist to the shoulder is preserved. The right arm and shoulder are missing; the left shoulder and part of the upper arm is intact. The head is missing, but the beginning of the curve of the neck remains on the right. The break shows clearly that the head was bent forward. Except for a break on the left side of the chest, the original surface of the fragment is intact.
b) Lower abdomen and hips, battered. Pick-marks on front. Mortar.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   a) (Ξ 28) House 637/16.
b) (Ο 1077) from marble pile east of Odeion.
Negatives:   Leica, LXXVII-3, LXXVII-4, LXXVII-5, LXXVII-6, 80-409, 80-438, color slide
Dimensions:   P.H. a) 0.297, (as joined with b) 0.52, (supra-sternum to navel as joined with b) 0.329; P.W. a) 0.36, (at iliac crest as joined with b) 0.265; Th. a) 0.19
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   a) (Ξ 28) 27 October 1934
b) (Ο 1077) July 1956
Section:   Ξ
    Ο
Bibliography:   Museum Guide (2014), p. 45.
    Guide (1990), p. 202.
    Guide (1976), p. 195.
References:   Publication: Museum Guide (2014)
Images (13)
Card: S 502
Card: S 502