DOI article:
Waldstein, Charles; Tarbell, Frank B.: Report on excavations near Stamata in Attika
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190 REPORT ON EXCA VA TIONS NEAR STAMA TA.
SCULPTURES.
The following objects found on this site deserve mention.
I. —Torso of a female statue of Pentelic marble (plate xiii) ;
found built into the wall at the north end of the semicircular row of
blocks mentioned above, upright and facing inward, 0.50 m. below the
surface. Head, fore-arms, and all below the knees wanting, otherwise
in a good state of preservation. Height, 0.98 m.; greatest width,
0.60 m.; thickness from chest to back, 0.35 m. Mr. "Washington's
careful description is as follows : " To judge from the drapery and the
general appearance, a' female figure is represented, though the breasts
are not prominent. The small of the back is deeply hollowed, the
thickness from front to back being here only 0.28 m. The chiton,
which appears on the right shoulder and back, has its texture indi-
cated by narrow wavy ridges, and is finished off, round the neck, by
a smooth, slightly raised border 0.03 m. wide. It appears also below
the himation, round the thighs, and shows, though not as prominently
as the himation, the straight folds jmrallel to a central one. There are
also indications of its having been held up by the right hand. The
himation is supported by a strap passing over the left shoulder and
under the right elbow. The himation is folded over this in short zig-
zag folds, except at the back of the left shoulder, where the strap is
smooth and uncovered. Below the strap the himation hangs, both in
front and in the back, in stiff, straight, parallel ridges on each side of
a central fold with slightly divergent edges, being carried further
down at the sides of the figure. Part of it is draped over the left
fore-arm and falls below in a stiff sheet, the space between this and
the body being deeply undercut. The hair is represented by four curls
in front and a square mass behind. Two curls fall in front of each
shoulder. They are wavy and the texture is indicated by small ridges
parallel to the general curves. In the back, the oblong plait of hair
has almost square corners. It is in quite high relief (0.02 m.) and has
a surface of fine wavy ridges." It was not possible for me to examine
the statue during my last visit to Greece, and I must, therefore, for
the present, leave it an oj)en question whether the work is archaic or
archaistic.
II. —Graeco-Roman torso of a youth : marble. Height, 0.60 m.
Draped on the left side.
III. —Portion of a slab, 0.44 m. high, 0.39 m. wide, 0.14 m. thick,
with a rough and much-worn relief. It represents a male (?) figure
SCULPTURES.
The following objects found on this site deserve mention.
I. —Torso of a female statue of Pentelic marble (plate xiii) ;
found built into the wall at the north end of the semicircular row of
blocks mentioned above, upright and facing inward, 0.50 m. below the
surface. Head, fore-arms, and all below the knees wanting, otherwise
in a good state of preservation. Height, 0.98 m.; greatest width,
0.60 m.; thickness from chest to back, 0.35 m. Mr. "Washington's
careful description is as follows : " To judge from the drapery and the
general appearance, a' female figure is represented, though the breasts
are not prominent. The small of the back is deeply hollowed, the
thickness from front to back being here only 0.28 m. The chiton,
which appears on the right shoulder and back, has its texture indi-
cated by narrow wavy ridges, and is finished off, round the neck, by
a smooth, slightly raised border 0.03 m. wide. It appears also below
the himation, round the thighs, and shows, though not as prominently
as the himation, the straight folds jmrallel to a central one. There are
also indications of its having been held up by the right hand. The
himation is supported by a strap passing over the left shoulder and
under the right elbow. The himation is folded over this in short zig-
zag folds, except at the back of the left shoulder, where the strap is
smooth and uncovered. Below the strap the himation hangs, both in
front and in the back, in stiff, straight, parallel ridges on each side of
a central fold with slightly divergent edges, being carried further
down at the sides of the figure. Part of it is draped over the left
fore-arm and falls below in a stiff sheet, the space between this and
the body being deeply undercut. The hair is represented by four curls
in front and a square mass behind. Two curls fall in front of each
shoulder. They are wavy and the texture is indicated by small ridges
parallel to the general curves. In the back, the oblong plait of hair
has almost square corners. It is in quite high relief (0.02 m.) and has
a surface of fine wavy ridges." It was not possible for me to examine
the statue during my last visit to Greece, and I must, therefore, for
the present, leave it an oj)en question whether the work is archaic or
archaistic.
II. —Graeco-Roman torso of a youth : marble. Height, 0.60 m.
Draped on the left side.
III. —Portion of a slab, 0.44 m. high, 0.39 m. wide, 0.14 m. thick,
with a rough and much-worn relief. It represents a male (?) figure