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| Collection: | Agora | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 596 | |
| Inventory Number: | S 596 | |
| Section Number: | Ν' 45 | |
| Title: | Hand of Gigantic Figure | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | The wrist and the right hand, all except the index finger and end of second finger preserved, of a gigantic statue. The hand holds a spiral object (torch, cornucopia, elongated snail shell ?), which is broken at the bottom. At its top there is a hollowed cavity, perhaps to receive another unit of muscle. The rim of the cavity next to this unit (?) is broken away, the finish on the inside, however, shows that the rim was not attached to the unit. On the side of the hand below the little finger there is a projection which must have served as an attachment to the body of the figure. Perhaps from a giant? Pentelic marble. Cf. S 599 (Ν' 127), S 1202 (ΩΔ 98), S 1221 (ΩΔ 235). ADDENDA The object in the hand published as a conch shell. | |
| Context: | Bottom of Byzantine wall, resting on burned fill on marble floor. | |
| Negatives: | Leica, XXVI-72, XXXIII-66, XXXIII-73 | |
| Dimensions: | P.L. 0.425; W. ca. 0.206 | |
| Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
| Date: | 10 June 1935 | |
| Section: | Ν' | |
| Grid: | Ν':47/ΜΓ | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 107, pl. 67 c, d. | |
| Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:S 599 | |
| Agora:Object:S 1202 | ||
| Agora:Object:S 1221 | ||
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 19 (1950) Images (7) Notebook: ΩΔ-4 Notebook Page: ΩΔ-4-38 (pp. 667-668) Card: S 596 Card: S 596 |
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