| Inventory Number: | S 1877 | |
| Section Number: | Β 2150 | |
| Title: | Akroterion Fragment | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | Fragment from lower proper left side of a figure, somewhat under life-size, in a long garment with overfold to below the knee and with a mantle hanging down the back. Folds swept back as if by wind or rapid motion. Behind the calf of the left leg is a large vertical cutting apparently for a dowel leaded from the back (lead still in pour-hole). The back wall of this cutting approximately parallel to the back of the figure. Along the inside of the leg, intersecting the worked surface of the leg, is a similar but longer vertical cutting, its side wall at right angles to the back plane of the figure. Remains of a pour-channel from the back to the top of the cutting intersecting the main cutting from the left. This looks as if the statue had been pieced here, whether by original intention or because the dowel cutting accidentally broke through the front of the figure. A rather crude, competent work. Akroterion from a Hellenistic or Roman building? Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Looks latest Hellenistic or Roman, cf. S 440 (Β 272). (AS 1997) | |
| Conservation Status: | Finished | |
| Context: | Marble piles west of Tholos. | |
| Negatives: | Leica | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.42; P.W. 0.26; Th. 0.20 | |
| Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
| Date: | October 1954 | |
| Section: | Β | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 86 (2017), pp. 294-295, 297, no. 4, figs. 20-22. | |
| Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:S 440 | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 86 (2017) Image: 2013.04.9274 Image: 2013.04.9275 Image: 2013.04.9276 Notebook: Β-15 Notebook Page: Β-15-22 (pp. 2793-2794) Card: S 1877 Card: S 1877 |
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