Agora Object: I 6135
Inventory Number:   I 6135
Section Number:   ΣΑ 317
    ΣΑ 794
    ΣΑ 875
    ΣΑ 876
    Τ 3112
    Υ 454
    Υ 458
Title:   Dedicatory Monument Fragments
Category:   Inscriptions
Description:   Inscribed fragments of dedicatory inscription of the Stoa of Attalos.
Fragment ΣΑ 317, (a), inscribed face only preserved.
Many additional fragments with parts of letters are preserved.
Fragment ΣΑ 794, (b), joining fragment from the dedicatory inscription of the Stoa of Attalos, preserving the lower part of the "E" from the word "βασιλευς".
Fragment ΣΑ 875, (c), inscribed face and bottom surface preserved.
Part of a "rho".
Fragment ΣΑ 876, (d), inscribed face only preserved.
Part of a straight stroke of one letter remains.
Fragment Τ 3112, (e), part of one letter, "lamda" or "delta" preserved.
Fragment Υ 454, (f), broken all around; part of underside remains.
An "alpha" preserved.
Fragment Υ 458, (g), an "alpha" preserved.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   a) (ΣΑ 317), found in cleaning Brick Building, Room 2 (trial Trench I). Possibly part of post-excavation accumulation and hence from earlier Greek excavations, or perhaps from fallen wall of Byzantine pithos ar edge of trench.
b) (ΣΑ 794), found in debris of late Roman Fortification wall, just north of middle tower (Piers 12-13 E).
c) (ΣΑ 875), found in marble pile from demolition of Middle Tower.
d) (ΣΑ 876), found in marble pile from demolition of Middle Tower.
e) (Τ 3112), found in marble pile.
f) (Υ 454), found in the walls of old excavation houses.
g) (Υ 458), found in the walls of old excavation houses.
Notebook Page:   631, 780 ff.
Negatives:   Leica, LXXVII-19, LXXII-96, LXXIII-97, LXXIII-98, LXXIII-99, LXXIII-100
Dimensions:   P.H. a) 0.23, b) 0.16, c) 0.41; Lett. H. a) ca. 0.014; P.W. a) 0.42, b) 0.25; P.Th. a) 0.20, b) 0.13, c) 0.24; P.L. c) 0.47; Max. Dim. d) 0.31, e) 0.13; H. f) 0.30, g) 0.14; W. f) 0.38, g) 0.39; Th. f) 0.25, g) 0.23
Date:   a) (ΣΑ 317) March 1949
b) (ΣΑ 794) 4 October 1949
c) (ΣΑ 875) November 1949
d) (ΣΑ 876) November 1949
e) (Τ 3112) 31 March 1955
Section:   ΣΑ
    Τ
    Υ
Bibliography:   Hesperia 85 (2016), pp. 537-558, fig. 3.
    Tracy (1990), pp. 139, 141.
    Camp (1986), p. 172.
    Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 83-88, no. 31, pls. 18-21, 26-27.
    Agora III, no. 100, p. 46.
    Agora XVIII, no. C212.
    IG II2, no. 3171.
References:   Publications (4)
Publication Page: Agora 3, s. 56, p. 46
Publication Page: Agora 3, s. 255, p. 245
Drawing: PD 876 (DA 5810)
Images (14)
Notebook: Υ-4
Notebook Page: Υ-4-27 (pp. 643-644)
Notebook Page: Υ-4-28 (pp. 645-646)
Card: I 6135
Card: I 6135