Inventory Number: | A 4504 | |
Section Number: | ΡΡ' 376 | |
Title: | Cornice Block | |
Category: | Architecture Marble | |
Description: | Doric cornice block, no full dimensions preserved, re-cut as Ionic cornice. Slightly more than a third of one mutule preserved, with five guttae. Double fascia on face; soffit above broken away. No certain full dimensions or finished edges preserved. Full height only of Ionic block preserved. Parts of nine dentils preserved on face, upper part broken away. Top rough-picked with swallowtail Π-clamp at one end. A similar clamp cutting runs toward the front of the block, suggesting a repair in antiquity, similar to that for A 4503 (ΡΡ' 375). From street stoa? Pentelic marble. | |
Context: | From manhole of drain in N.-S. street. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | P.L. (Doric) 0.233, (Ionic) 0.53; P.H. (Doric) 0.26; H. (Ionic) 0.233; P.Th. (Doric) 0.53, (Ionic) 0.26 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | August 1973 | |
Section: | ΡΡ' | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 44 (1975), p. 339, n. 12. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 44 (1975) Drawing: PD 2240 (DA 368) Card: A 4504 Card: A 4504 |