Agora Object: I 7650
Inventory Number:   I 7650
Section Number:   ΒΘ 180
Excavation Number:   east:2013:f:48
Title:   Inscribed Statue Base
Category:   Inscriptions
Description:   Inscribed rectangular statue base. Smooth face with chipped edges.
Statue inlay is rectangular with rounded corners and measures roughly 0.52 x 0.265 x 0.05m deep. Inlay cuts into a second Hellenistic inscription. No visible cuttings for dowels or clamps.
Eight lines preserved on front face of late Augustan or early Tiberian inscription.
Approximately thirty-seven lines preserved of fourth century or Hellenistic inscription. Letter height of first two Hellenistic lines is ca. 0.01m; the letters in the remaining Hellenistic lines measure ca. 0.006m.
Context:   Room 5 Test Trench.
Notebook Page:   3653, 3682
Dimensions:   L. 0.6; W. 0.31; H. 0.48, (letters) 0.025-0.0275
Material:   Stone
Date:   2 August 2013
Section:   ΒΘ
Grid:   L/9,10-3/20,4/1
Elevation:   52.038-52.730m.
Masl:   52.038-52.730m.
Deposit:   L 3:2
Lot:   Lot ΒΘ 489
    Lot ΒΘ 490
    Lot ΒΘ 491
Basket:   east:2013:b:34
    east:2013:b:35
    east:2013:b:46
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 89, (2020), pp. 636, 637-642, 644, 645, figs. 47, 48, 49.
References:   Report: 2018 Excavations
Report Page: 2018 Excavations, s. 2
Report Page: 2018 Excavations, s. 3
Report Page: 2018 Excavations, s. 4
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Card: I 7650