Agora Object: S 1313
Inventory Number:   S 1313
Section Number:   Κ 1417
Title:   Torso of a Youth
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Head missing. Stubs of arms preserved. Right leg broken below knee; left leg above knee.
Torso of a standing youth, about half life-size, the weight on the right leg. The upper left arm is set back a little; the head was turned slightly to proper left.
Realistic modeling of body muscles.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   Built face up into the wall of Tomb U, west of the Church of Elias and Charalambos, ca. 127 m. Probably originally built into the NS late Roman wall, which was cut by the tomb builders. Cement found clinging to front of statue, same as that of the late Roman wall, whereas tomb walls are built without cement.
Notebook Page:   1706, 1708-1709
Negatives:   Leica, XXXIII-13, XXXIII-14, XXXIII-15, XXXIII-16, XXXIII-77, XXXIII-78, XXXIII-79, XXXIII-80, XXXIII-81, HAT 49-14, HAT 49-15, HAT 49-16, HAT 49-123, XL-8, XL-9, XXXIX-57, 80-437, 80-438, color slide
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.75
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   19 March 1948
Section:   Κ
Bibliography:   Hesperia 91 (2022), pp. 91, 126, fig. 3.
    Hesperia 90 (2021), no. 2, pp. 541-543, figs. 8, 9.
    Hesperia 88 (2019), p. 694, n. 149.
    Museum Guide (2014), p. 45.
    Guide (1990), pp. 201-202.
    Guide (1976), p. 194.
    Delivorrias (1974), pp. 22-24.
    AJA 66 (1962), p. 346, n. 28.
    Schefold (1959), pl. 9 b.
    Scientific American (August 1950), p. 51.
    Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 233-234, pls. 49.3, 50.
    AJA 52 (1948), p. 525, pl. 55 A.
    ILN (31 December 1949), fig. 7.
    Agora XIV, p. 148, n. 152.
References:   Publications (6)
Report: 1948 Κ
Report Page: 1948 Κ, s. 9
Images (42)
Notebook: Κ-9
Notebook Page: Κ-9-58 (pp. 1706-1707)
Notebook Page: Κ-9-59 (pp. 1708-1709)
Notebook Page: Κ-9-60 (pp. 1710-1711)
Card: S 1313
Card: S 1313