Inventory Number: | A 215 | |
Section Number: | Η' 363 | |
Title: | Step Block with Mason's Mark | |
Category: | Architecture Marble | |
Description: | Bottom step block (euthynteria). All surfaces preserved, with anathyrosis on both ends. Front surface: worked with toothed chisel for 0.14m. from top, save for a drafted edge. The remaining surface below projects 0.012m. from this finished face, and is rough-picked. Top surface: worked with toothed chisel. Clamps on both ends, reused. A dowel hole in the middle of the block, a pry hole to go with it along the back edge and a second pry hole in the back right hand corner. The step-worn end bears a setting line 0.155m. from front. Mason's marks in the middle of the block: Δ Δ Ψ. Back surface unfinished. Assigned to the Temple of Ares. Pentelic marble. Cf. A 146, (Η' 4) from same series. <graphic> | |
Notes: | Found at J/10-7/15 (Fall 2016). | |
Context: | From modern foundation. | |
Negatives: | Leica, LIX-46 | |
PD Number: | PD 529, PD 771 | |
Dimensions: | L. 1.35; H. 0.30; Th. 0.61 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 29 May 1933 | |
Section: | Η' | |
Grid: | Η':20/Ν | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 9, 10, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, nn. 121, 132, fig. 3, pl. 3 a. | |
Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 3, n. 9. | ||
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:A 146 | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 9 (1940) Publication: Hesperia 28 (1959) Monument: Temple of Ares Drawing: PD 529 (DA 10717) Drawing: PD 771 (DA 4507) Images (4) Notebooks (5) Notebook Pages (6) Card: A 215 Card: A 215 |