Inventory Number: | T 2452 | |
Section Number: | Κ 1395 | |
Title: | Arm of Boxer | |
Category: | Terracotta | |
Description: | Ρight arm of boxer with late Roman Caestus; mold made in two pieces, bent at the elbow. Along tight sleeve with bands and dotted ornament reaches to the wrist. The hand, only roughly indicated, appears to be grasping a horse-shoe shaped object in the down-turned palm. Broken off above the elbow. Vent hole on under side just about wrist. Thick white paint. Heavy fabric of coarse dark red to gray clay. Cf. Gardiner (1930), Athletics of the Ancient World, fig. 178. | |
Context: | Clearing West end of Middle Stoa; Layer II of second cut. | |
Notebook Page: | 1638 | |
Negatives: | Leica, LXIX-17 | |
Dimensions: | P.L. 0.12 | |
Date: | 29 July 1947 | |
Section: | Κ | |
Grid: | H 13 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Bibliography: | Agora VI, no. 1030, p. 79, pl. 29. | |
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:Gardiner (1930), fig. 178. | |
References: | Publication: Agora VI Publication Page: Agora 6, s. 104, p. 92 Image: 2012.54.0516 (LXIX-17) Notebook: Κ-9 Notebook Page: Κ-9-37 (pp. 1664-1665) Card: T 2452 |