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"Fragments of capital from the Odeion, Colossal Figures series.; The scheme of the capital is very similar to the pilaster caps of the Arch of Hadrian in Athens. Its attribution to the Giants is indicated by the close correspondence between the width of its resting surface and the width of the tops of the piers behind the figures.; a) Fragment from top, near left side. From Odeion area.; b) Fragment from near top and near middle. From Odeion.; c) Fragment from top, toward right side.; d) Fragment from top corner. From Odeion.; e) Fragment from bottom corner. From Odeion.; f) Fragment from bottom corner. (From Stoa of Attalos.); g) Fragment from near bottom and middle. (From Stoa of Attalos.); h) Fragment from bottom near middle (traces of late Roman mortar). From Odeion area.; Marble.","","","Architecture | Pilasters and Pilaster Capitals","Agora:Object:A 1491","Pilaster Capital Fragments","","A 1491","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:1997.10.0318::/Agora/1997/1997.10/1997.10.0318.tif::1326::946","1949"
"Fragment from lower block of giant pedestal retaining moldings on one side; no relief. Lewis hole and one of its two dowel holes in the top. Note small joining slab on top.; From Odeion.; Pentelic marble.","","","Architecture | Monument Bases and Tops","Agora:Object:A 1175","Pedestal Fragment","","A 1175","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.51.1457::/Agora/2012/2012.51/2012.51.1457.jpg::1557::2048","August 1946"
"Three joining fragments forming most of the upper part of a pedestal which had been used twice for giant figures.; Cuttings of top include: lewis hole in middle; two dowels for statue in Period I; one pry hole for statue in Period I; three shift holes for the same; two clamp cuttings for repair for Period II; one dowel hole for statue for Period II.; One face was prepared to receive a relief as in pedestals of east and west giants. Note repair clamp across top edge of face with panel for relief.; From Odeion.; Pentelic marble.","","","Architecture | Monument Bases and Tops","Agora:Object:A 1176","Pedestal Fragment","","A 1176","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.48.0558::/Agora/2012/2012.48/2012.48.0558.jpg::2048::1410","August 1946"
"Faces of shaft plain; moldings surround three sides at top. In top, cuttings for lewis; two dowels with pour channels; two pry holes.; In Giant Series; a corresponding lower block now rests on the rough base for the second giant from the west. Cf. A 1398 (ΩΔ 412).; From Odeion.; Pentelic marble.","","","Architecture | Monument Bases and Tops","Agora:Object:A 1177","Base for Pilaster","","A 1177","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.48.0546::/Agora/2012/2012.48/2012.48.0546.jpg::2048::1361",""
"This is the bottom block of the base for an anta, the top block of which is A 1177 (ΩΔ 222).; Usual base moldings of Giant pedestal series on outer face and both ends; across the left end the moldings are unfinished suggesting that the block comes from the west end of the series. On the top are two square dowel holes with four channels leading to the sides and a central lewis hole undercut at both ends. Anathyrosis on back. Heavily weathered and much battered.; Cf. A 1176 (ΩΔ 221).; Pentelic marble.","","","Architecture | Pilasters and Pilaster Capitals","Agora:Object:A 1398","Pilaster Base","","A 1398","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0252::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0252.jpg::1868::1474","1948"
"Broken across a dowel hole just above the bent elbow; the four fingers missing. From a colossal statue, ca 3.00m. high. The surface roughly rasped.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 369","Arm Fragment of Colossal Figure","","S 369","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0384::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0384.jpg::1509::2048","30 May 1933"
"Left hand (minus fingers) and part of wrist grasping a leafy branch. About twice life-size.; Fair workmanship, considerably weathered.; Pentelic marble.; Cf. S 596 (Ν'45), S 599 (Ν'127), S1221 (ΩΔ 235).","","","","Agora:Object:S 1202","Hand Fragment","","S 1202","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0377::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0377.jpg::1519::2048","31 May 1946"
"Two joining fragments.; a) Lower part of neck with spring of shoulder from a bearded creature with head turned to his right. Good work; surface of marble comparatively fresh. Note spring of background on (proper) right side of neck.; Similar in scale and size to two surviving Tritons (Giants), but with head turned in opposite direction.; b) Head of Triton, joins with neck. Back of the head (including the ears), the tip of the nose and lower right part of beard are broken away.; Surface slightly weathered. ; The head proves to be another bearded Triton, of the same series as those standing in place, but looking to his proper right whereas they look to the left.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1214","Head and Neck Fragments of Triton","","S 1214","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2000.02.0508::/Agora/2000/2000.02/2000.02.0508.tif::1165::1804","August 1946, 5 July 1949"
"From lower part of fishtailed creature (Triton), with some of resting surface preserved.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1215","Torso Fragment of Triton","","S 1215","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:1997.10.0293::/Agora/1997/1997.10/1997.10.0293.tif::924::1366","August 1946"
"Part of fishtailed creature, lower torso, the scales well preserved.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1216","Torso Fragment of Triton","","S 1216","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.51.1452::/Agora/2012/2012.51/2012.51.1452.jpg::1745::1540","August 1946"
"Small fragment of elbow from right arm, in scale and style close to S 1214 (ΩΔ 223).; Only slightly weathered.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1218","Arm Fragment of Giant","","S 1218","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0375::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0375.jpg::1519::2048","August 1946"
"Forearm preserved from elbow to wrist. Heavily weathered on surface of arm and on break at wrist, comparatively fresh on upper break.; Was the hand of the Giant already missing when the late Romans reset the figure?; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1219","Arm Fragment of Giant","","S 1219","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0374::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0374.jpg::1549::2048","August 1946"
"Part of right hand of colossal figure holding staff or stick.; Perhaps slightly greater in scale than other hands of giants, but very similar in material and workmanship.; Pentelic marble.; ; Cf. S 596 (Ν' 45), S 599 (Ν'127), S 1202 (ΩΔ 98).","","","","Agora:Object:S 1221","Hand Fragment of Giant","","S 1221","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0381::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0381.jpg::1484::2048","August 1946"
"The fragment comes from near the bottom of the proper right corner, preserving a little of the snaky body and a little of the lateral molding on the back of the pier.; Both body and molding were left rough toward the bottom where they were not ordinarily visible.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1303","Giant's Body Fragment","","S 1303","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.51.1453::/Agora/2012/2012.51/2012.51.1453.jpg::2048::1545","14 August 1947"
"Broken at both ends. Tapering and twisting, a slightly projecting spine down the back.; Surface rather roughly tooled all over, but rougher on one side than the other. Moderate weathering on one side.; The piece must come from just above the tail proper, from the loop of the creature that was cut in the round in order to be carried from the back of the pier to the shoulder of the Triton.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1344","Triton Tail Fragment","","S 1344","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0373::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0373.jpg::1518::2048","1948"
"Broken all around and behind. ; On the front, in relief, the trunk of an olive tree with leaves beginning to show at the top of the fragment as preserved. To the right something rises from the background: probably a branch or second trunk of the same tree. Up the better preserved trunk climbs a snake, at the preserved top his thin neck. Most of the surface of the background and of the snake was finished with the drove; the tree trunk was roughened with a point. The fragment appears to come from the intermediate block of one of the original pedestals of the Odeion colossal figures.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1348","Relief Fragment from Base of Colossal Figure","","S 1348","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0425::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0425.jpg::1528::2048","July 1948"
"The fragment comes from Odeion, about half way up in the back proper left corner of a pier with Giant attached. Preserved are part of a giant's scale-covered tail (the scales pointing down) and a corner of the pier with moldings on both sides.; Pentelic marble.","","","","Agora:Object:S 1390","Giant's Tail Fragment","","S 1390","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0881::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0881.jpg::2048::1499","17 March 1949"
"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.","","","","Agora:Object:S 596","Hand of Gigantic Figure","","S 596","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0376::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0376.jpg::1538::2048","10 June 1935"
"Exactly like S 596 (Ν' 45), but much more battered; only the thumb and little finger well preserved.; The hand holds a spiral shell. A rough surface along the back of the hand may indicate the point at which it rested against the body, or it may be a break.; Pentelic marble.; Cf. S 596 (Ν' 45), S 1202, (ΩΔ 98), S1221 (ΩΔ 235).","","","","Agora:Object:S 599","Hand Fragment of Gigantic Figure","","S 599","","Object","","Agora","Agora:Image:2012.52.0379::/Agora/2012/2012.52/2012.52.0379.jpg::1519::2048","25 June 1935"