Agora Object: I 5988
Inventory Number:   I 5988
Section Number:   Θ 1867
Title:   Base Fragments
Category:   Inscriptions
Description:   Inscribed fragments of fragmentary base with dedication.
Fragment a), two joining fragments preserved some of upper part of a good-sized circular base. In the top a cutting with straight side and rounded corner is preserved.
Inscribed on the curving face.
Fragment b), two joining fragments preserving the top and a considerable part of the cutting. Inscribed: "ΚΙΔΗΣ".
Fragment c), a piece with smaller letters, giving part of the artist's signature.
Fragment d), a piece with small "M".
Fragment e), a piece with small "E".
Also many uninscribed bits.
Hymettian marble.
Cf. Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 62.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Found in late Roman debris, over the Civic Offices.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   P.H. a) 0.082, b) 0.095, c) 0.064, d) ca. 0.06, e) 0.084; Lett. H. a) 0.018, b) 0.014, c) 0.009; P.W. a) 0.36, b) 0.39; Diam. a) 0.36
Chronology:   Ca. 200 B.C.
Date:   2-3 June 1947
Section:   Θ
Grid:   Θ:14/ΚΒ
Bibliography:   Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 39, no. 27.
    Agora XVIII, no. C40.
Published Type:   Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 62.
References:   Publication: Agora XVIII
Publication: Hesperia 17 (1948)
Publication: Hesperia 26 (1957)
Card: I 5988