Agora Object: S 1943
Inventory Number:   S 1943
Section Number:   ΓΓ 1254
Title:   Statuette of Hekataion
Category:   Sculpture
Description:   Badly smashed in addition to old breaks.
Preserved to full height. One non-joining fragment preserves a hand. Other non-joining fragments with no worked surfaces may or may not belong.
A triple Hekate (Hekataion), the figures separated by two dogs and an altar. Only one head is preserved. This figure has its arms raised and holds a serpent in one hand. A second figure has arms at side holding torches. The third figure has one arm raised, the other perhaps lowered holding dog.
Hair and certain other parts painted red.
Poros.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Found while digging trench for water drain. Context not determined.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   H. 0.165, (figures) 0.12
Chronology:   2nd to 3rd c. A.D.
Date:   16 July 1957
Section:   ΓΓ
Grid:   F 17
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 28 (2022), p. 27, fig. 33.
    AgoraPicBk 28.gr (2022), p. 27, fig. 33.
    Hesperia 82 (2013), p. 616, n. 2.
    Agora XI, no. 155, p. 107, pl. 39.
References:   Publications (4)
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 126, p. 107
Publication Page: Agora 11, s. 196, p. 177
Images (8)
Card: S 1943