Dionysus (Sardanapalus type) on a modern herm

This herm of Dionysus, depicted in the Sardanapalus type and mounted on a modern herm, originates from a Greek original of the end of the 4th century BC. This Roman copy was made in the middle of the 2nd century AD. The original, full figure depiction is known as The Dionysus Sardanapalus. It is an uncommon Hellenistic-Roman Neo Attic sculpture-type of the god Dionysus, misnamed after Sardanapalus, the last king of Assyria. The misidentification with Sardanapalus was erroneously confirmed in the example in the Vatican Museums, which was provided with a 17th Century restorer's inscription on a band across its chest with ϹΑΡΔΑΝΑΠΑΛΛΟϹ(Sardanapalus), giving the type its erroneous name (it has no true association with this legendary king).这件属于萨尔达纳帕卢斯（Sardanapalus）式的狄俄尼索斯赫尔墨斯柱（herm）雕像，被安置于现代赫尔墨斯柱之上，其原型为公元前4世纪末的希腊原作。该罗马复制品制作于公元2世纪中期。 这件完整形制的原作雕像名为《狄俄尼索斯·萨尔达纳帕卢斯》（The Dionysus Sardanapalus），属于一类较为罕见的希腊化-罗马新阿提卡（Neo Attic）雕塑类型，以神祇狄俄尼索斯为表现主题，却因亚述末代国王萨尔达纳帕卢斯而被误冠名。 这一与萨尔达纳帕卢斯的错误关联，曾被梵蒂冈博物馆（Vatican Museums）所藏的该件藏品所错误坐实：该藏品的胸部饰带上刻有17世纪修复者的铭文“ϹΑΡΔΑΝΑΠΑΛΛΟϹ”（对应拉丁转写Sardanapalus），由此为该雕塑类型定下了错误的名称，而实际上该作品与这位传奇国王并无真正关联。