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The column shafts are usually uniform with an average approximate
height of 20 cm. The individual standing human figures have very slender, and
mostly uniform proportions, the most slim-looking one being Figure F (Fig. 72).
The proportions of the heads to the total bodies of the figures are calculated
below in Table 2 (all the measurements are in centimetres).
Table 2- The proportions of the heads to the whole bodies of the standing
figures on the Antakya Sarcophagus
Figure
Total
Height Head Proportion Figure
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Total
Height Head Proportion
B 108 15 1/7 L 110 14 1/8
C 109 16 1/7 P 112 14 1/8
D 107 15 1/7 Q 96.5 15 1/7
F 98 13 1/7 S 92 14 1/7
K 97 15 1/7 T 95 12 1/8
I 99 13 1/7 U 99 4 1/7
As can be seen from the table, the majority of the figures have head/body
proportions of approximately 1/7. It has been suggested that some male figures
on the Asiatic columnar sarcophagi are Lysippean because of their proportions
(Elderkin, 1939: 104). However, the figures look closer to the school of
Polyclitus, as the 1/7 proportion is that of the “Doryphoros”, representing the
Canon of Polyclitus (Fig. 44), rather than that of the “Apoxyomenos” of Lysippus
(Fig. 45), whose head is one eighth of the body (Bruneau, 2002: 68).
Although the human figures on the Antakya Sarcophagus have quite a
uniform pattern of proportions, the disproportionality of the human figures
compared to the horses is striking (for example, Figure J1 compared to Figure K
(Fig. 75), and Figure M1 compared to Figure M2 (Fig. 77)). The same
disproportionateness is apparent in other Docimeum sarcophagi, such as Istanbul