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sarcophagi; in these the tomb and its door disappear or rather are trans-
formed into a central niche with one or more figures, while in those
examples where the niches are linked together by a straight piece of
masonry (Sidamaria type), figures, derived possibly from the statues at
each side of the temple door as in the present example, stand in the inter-
space left between the columns. The question whether the sarcophagi
with niches and columns are of Roman or Graeco-Asiatic origin is hotly
contested. The elaborate imposts, like the spiral fluting of the columns,
are a marked feature of the class of the so-called Asiatic sarcophagi, for
which Strzygowski sought to establish an Oriental origin (Ozvczz/cXcr Akwz,
pp. 40 ff., cf. Munoz, Z&f/. Xz'rzrrA rrzk/. xi (1905), pp. 79 ff., and
(1906), pp. 130 ff.).
Antonine period or later. The work, in spite of the stiffness of the
figures characteristic of all this class of religious and symbolic sculpture,
has considerable merit. The numerous details, though crowded, are dis-
posed with decorative effect, and the contrast between the light figures and
the dark interspaces is skilfully contrived.
One of the two reliefs mentioned by Albertini,
ZX A. (1309), f. 6iv, ('cum duabus pulcherrimis tabulis lucentibus mirae
pulchritudinis et artificii'); cf. Marliani, Azz/. Aozzzac (1344), p. 27
('templum in marmore incisum, signis perpulchre exornatum'), and
Aldrovandi, p. 27: ('una tavola di marmo . . . nel cui mezzo e come una
porta che s'apre'). In the Sala d'Ercole Inv. 1641-1729, but removed
to its present place by 1818 (Tofanelli, p. 132, no. 5).
Drawings : Cod. Pigh., f. 24$ (' in area Palatii conservatorum domus ')< Y<?zy)-
^^^^^([868)^. 21$,no. 190 ; OW. p. 488,
179, no. 34; Pierre Jacques, f. 96^^; AbrcA'. Aczzzr, iii. 1, p. 119 f.; F. X. Kraus,
AcaAzzryr/. (A?* AAczYM/zzcz-, ii, p. 1 ; HelbigS, 983.
5. BUST OF ROMAN LADY (pi. 19).
H. (head only) .28 m. Luna marble. Restored: nose, part of plait. The bust
is modern.
Head of a woman to 1. Hair parted, waved back and gathered into
a plait which is brought forward again on to the crown. Ringlets fall
from behind the ears. Iris and pupil indicated.
Moderate work of the early third century A. D.
The bust stands on a pedestal with an inscription of 1708 (Forcella,
1, no. 208). Formerly in the Salone.
6. SO-CALLED DIANA OF EPHESUS (pi. 66).
H. i-ig m. Marble: Restored : several heads and legs of beasts,
the upper pieces of the veil on each side of the head, and the ends of the sleeves, in
white marble, probably in antiquity. The restored parts of animals are attached with
iron pins. It has been broken at the feet and repaired in modern times, and the
coloured marble yc/cr or turret-crown has also been replaced.
The head, hands, and feet are of bronze; bronze or a dark material
being generally used for the flesh parts in the known replicas/ probably
to imitate the wood used for these parts in the original, which had darkened
with age (Meurer, Ac. rzX, p. 214). The goddess is presented in .xYwzczz
form. She wears a close-fitting sleeved under-tunic, which in front is only
i A statuette recently discovered in Rome has a head of white marble.
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sarcophagi; in these the tomb and its door disappear or rather are trans-
formed into a central niche with one or more figures, while in those
examples where the niches are linked together by a straight piece of
masonry (Sidamaria type), figures, derived possibly from the statues at
each side of the temple door as in the present example, stand in the inter-
space left between the columns. The question whether the sarcophagi
with niches and columns are of Roman or Graeco-Asiatic origin is hotly
contested. The elaborate imposts, like the spiral fluting of the columns,
are a marked feature of the class of the so-called Asiatic sarcophagi, for
which Strzygowski sought to establish an Oriental origin (Ozvczz/cXcr Akwz,
pp. 40 ff., cf. Munoz, Z&f/. Xz'rzrrA rrzk/. xi (1905), pp. 79 ff., and
(1906), pp. 130 ff.).
Antonine period or later. The work, in spite of the stiffness of the
figures characteristic of all this class of religious and symbolic sculpture,
has considerable merit. The numerous details, though crowded, are dis-
posed with decorative effect, and the contrast between the light figures and
the dark interspaces is skilfully contrived.
One of the two reliefs mentioned by Albertini,
ZX A. (1309), f. 6iv, ('cum duabus pulcherrimis tabulis lucentibus mirae
pulchritudinis et artificii'); cf. Marliani, Azz/. Aozzzac (1344), p. 27
('templum in marmore incisum, signis perpulchre exornatum'), and
Aldrovandi, p. 27: ('una tavola di marmo . . . nel cui mezzo e come una
porta che s'apre'). In the Sala d'Ercole Inv. 1641-1729, but removed
to its present place by 1818 (Tofanelli, p. 132, no. 5).
Drawings : Cod. Pigh., f. 24$ (' in area Palatii conservatorum domus ')< Y<?zy)-
^^^^^([868)^. 21$,no. 190 ; OW. p. 488,
179, no. 34; Pierre Jacques, f. 96^^; AbrcA'. Aczzzr, iii. 1, p. 119 f.; F. X. Kraus,
AcaAzzryr/. (A?* AAczYM/zzcz-, ii, p. 1 ; HelbigS, 983.
5. BUST OF ROMAN LADY (pi. 19).
H. (head only) .28 m. Luna marble. Restored: nose, part of plait. The bust
is modern.
Head of a woman to 1. Hair parted, waved back and gathered into
a plait which is brought forward again on to the crown. Ringlets fall
from behind the ears. Iris and pupil indicated.
Moderate work of the early third century A. D.
The bust stands on a pedestal with an inscription of 1708 (Forcella,
1, no. 208). Formerly in the Salone.
6. SO-CALLED DIANA OF EPHESUS (pi. 66).
H. i-ig m. Marble: Restored : several heads and legs of beasts,
the upper pieces of the veil on each side of the head, and the ends of the sleeves, in
white marble, probably in antiquity. The restored parts of animals are attached with
iron pins. It has been broken at the feet and repaired in modern times, and the
coloured marble yc/cr or turret-crown has also been replaced.
The head, hands, and feet are of bronze; bronze or a dark material
being generally used for the flesh parts in the known replicas/ probably
to imitate the wood used for these parts in the original, which had darkened
with age (Meurer, Ac. rzX, p. 214). The goddess is presented in .xYwzczz
form. She wears a close-fitting sleeved under-tunic, which in front is only
i A statuette recently discovered in Rome has a head of white marble.
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