Statuentorso eines Togatus
1. Hälfte 2. Jh. n. Chr.
This well-preserved torso of an honorary statue depicts a man wearing a toga, the attire of a free Roman citizen. Today, his separately worked and later inserted portrait head and left hand are missing. Note the pile of stylized scrolls beside his right leg. The statue was originally mounted on a base with an inscription that contained details of the man being honoured. The way he wears his toga – a large semi-circular cloth draped over left shoulder and body – helps us to date the statue: here, the umbo, a kind of pouching, was pulled out from the bulge (balteus) near the wearer’s waist, while his right hand is clutching the long, heavier over-fold of his toga (sinus) slung over his left arm.
This well-preserved torso of an honorary statue depicts a man wearing a toga, the attire of a free Roman citizen. Today, his separately worked and later inserted portrait head and left hand are missing. Note the pile of stylized scrolls beside his right leg. The statue was originally mounted on a base with an inscription that contained details of the man being honoured. The way he wears his toga – a large semi-circular cloth draped over left shoulder and body – helps us to date the statue: here, the umbo, a kind of pouching, was pulled out from the bulge (balteus) near the wearer’s waist, while his right hand is clutching the long, heavier over-fold of his toga (sinus) slung over his left arm.
Time:
1. Hälfte 2. Jh. n. Chr.
Object Name
Statue
Culture
Römisch
Location of discovery:
Ephesos Theater Westfront nahe Brunnenhaus (Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei)
Material/technology:
Marmor
Dimensions:
L/H 178 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, I 916
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1914 nachträglich inventarisiert
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