S12.7 DIONYSUS TYPE SARDANAPALLUS
 
      
      
      | Museum Collection | Capitoline Museums, Rome | 
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | - | 
| Title | Dionysus Type Sardanapallus | 
| Type | Statue | 
| Material | Marble | 
| Height | - | 
| Context | - | 
| Original / Copy | Roman copy of Greek statue ca 325 B.C. | 
| Style | Early Classical | 
| Date | C1st A.D. | 
| Period | Imperial Roman | 
DESCRIPTION
The god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) is portrayed as an older, bearded man clothed in a heavy robe with a thyrsus staff (missing) held in his hand.