Colossal arm
Colossal arm
Colossal arm
Colossal arm

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Colossal arm,

1st–3rd century CE

Roman
2000-85

Information

Title
Colossal arm
Dates

1st–3rd century CE

Medium
Fine-grained white marble
Dimensions
w. 14.5 cm., d. 9.7 cm., l. 43.5 cm. (5 11/16 x 3 13/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2000-85
Place Excavated

Turkey

Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
sculpture
Subject
arms, colossi

Found in the vicinity of Antioch/Seleuceia in Pieria at an unknown date, possibly during excavations by the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch, 1932-1939; given to the University by the Committee, probably by 1941.

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