DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.32867#0450
418
DJEBEL HAURAN
Il-Haiyat. There are fragments of sculpture at il-Haiyit, near the kalybe de-
scribed on page 398. These statues probably occupied positions in the great niche of
that edifice, or were placed in the large open space betwecn the wings, although they
appear to belong to two different periods, one earlier than the probable date of the
kalybe, the other contemporaneous with it.
The figure on the reader’s left in the photograph seems to be earlier and of better
style than the fragments of two separate statues that were placed together on the
right when the photograph was taken,
and of better style than the great mass
of other fragments lying near. It is
probably the figure of a woman, possi-
bly a goddess, but more likely a portrait
statue, fully draped and standing in a
pose which recalls that of many Greek
terra-cottafigurines. Thebodyrestsupon
the right leg and leans decidedly to the
left. The head and left arm are want-
ing. The drapery is in two pieces, a
long nether garment that covers the feet,
and an upper mantle, almost as long as
the other, which completely envelops the
body, falling almost to the foot on the
right side, draped up to the left thigh,
and drawn in a tight roll from under
the left elbow, across the body, to the
right forearm, which is held up against the breast. The left arm hung down, and
the left hand appears to have held the drapery tightly between the limbs. The
pose and proportions of this statue are graceful; but the technique is not of a very
high order, which is undoubtedly owing in part to the hardness of the basalt, for the
lines of the drapery are sharp and hard, though the endeavor to show the contours
of the body beneath the drapery is very successful.
The other fragments shown in the photograph are too much mutilated to be of great
interest. The head is that of a man with a full short beard, and hair curling closely
about the brow. The features have been totally disfigured. The other piece shows
only the feet and lower draperies of a statue, with an inscription upon the base below
the feet. Both drapery and feet in this fragment are crudely designed and clumsily
executed.
KanawAt. A headless statue, a little below life-size, and much mutilated above the
breasts, was found near the southwest angle of the so-called temple of Helios at
Fragments of sculpture at il-Haiyat.
DJEBEL HAURAN
Il-Haiyat. There are fragments of sculpture at il-Haiyit, near the kalybe de-
scribed on page 398. These statues probably occupied positions in the great niche of
that edifice, or were placed in the large open space betwecn the wings, although they
appear to belong to two different periods, one earlier than the probable date of the
kalybe, the other contemporaneous with it.
The figure on the reader’s left in the photograph seems to be earlier and of better
style than the fragments of two separate statues that were placed together on the
right when the photograph was taken,
and of better style than the great mass
of other fragments lying near. It is
probably the figure of a woman, possi-
bly a goddess, but more likely a portrait
statue, fully draped and standing in a
pose which recalls that of many Greek
terra-cottafigurines. Thebodyrestsupon
the right leg and leans decidedly to the
left. The head and left arm are want-
ing. The drapery is in two pieces, a
long nether garment that covers the feet,
and an upper mantle, almost as long as
the other, which completely envelops the
body, falling almost to the foot on the
right side, draped up to the left thigh,
and drawn in a tight roll from under
the left elbow, across the body, to the
right forearm, which is held up against the breast. The left arm hung down, and
the left hand appears to have held the drapery tightly between the limbs. The
pose and proportions of this statue are graceful; but the technique is not of a very
high order, which is undoubtedly owing in part to the hardness of the basalt, for the
lines of the drapery are sharp and hard, though the endeavor to show the contours
of the body beneath the drapery is very successful.
The other fragments shown in the photograph are too much mutilated to be of great
interest. The head is that of a man with a full short beard, and hair curling closely
about the brow. The features have been totally disfigured. The other piece shows
only the feet and lower draperies of a statue, with an inscription upon the base below
the feet. Both drapery and feet in this fragment are crudely designed and clumsily
executed.
KanawAt. A headless statue, a little below life-size, and much mutilated above the
breasts, was found near the southwest angle of the so-called temple of Helios at
Fragments of sculpture at il-Haiyat.