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Agora Object: S 1505
Inventory Number:   S 1505
Section Number:   Π 762
Title:   Herm of Herakles
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Head, neck, and forepart of figure's right arm bent in front of chest, are missing; broken off below, probably towards bottom of post in which statue ends. Club damaged.
The upper portion of the figure is closely wrapped in the lion's skin, which has everywhere been pock-mocked to indicate its texture. The left hand grasps the club, which rests against the left shoulder. Below it and the left forearm hang the lion's head and front paws.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   Wall of modern well.
Negatives:   Leica, 87-15-1a, 87-15-2a, 87-15-3a, 87-15-4a
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.215; P.W. 0.09; P.Th. 0.07
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Chronology:   Roman period.
Date:   5 May 1951
Section:   Π
Grid:   Π:46/ΛΔ
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora XI, no. 229, p. 173, pl. 60.
References:   Publication: Agora XI
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 192, p. 173
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 196, p. 177
Image: 2012.75.1798 (87-15-1a)
Image: 2012.75.1800 (87-15-3a)
Image: 2012.75.1801 (87-15-4a)
Card: S 1505