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| Inscribed fragments.
"POLETAI" record.
Confiscated property of those who profaned the Mysteries.
Fragment ΙΙ 2 a), inscribed face only preserved.
Thirteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Belongs to ... 414 B.C ... Pritchett and Meritt (1940), pp. 268 ff, pls. 77-79 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 225-311 ... Agora III, no. 124, pp. 58-59. |
Part of shoulder with base of handle preserved; small sharply curving handle.
Gritty brown clay; buff slip.
Device in circular stamp at base of handle. Msc: for restoration: nt =NAD= 890 from Acropolis ... 20 April 1953 ... Hesperia 25 (1956), pp. 97, 109, no. 10, pl. 12 ... Grace (1956), pl. XII, no. 10. |
| Broken above and below. Some of original back and right side preserved.
Part of left hand holding staff or spear shaft. Edge of frame chipped away. Side smoothed. Back shows drove marks.
Very careful work ... Middle of 6th c. B.C ... Agora XI, no. 99, pp. 41-42, pl. 19 ... Hesperia 60 (1991), p. 237, pls. 77, 78 ... Hesperia 25 (1956), p. 25, A, pl. 7 b. |
| Inscribed fragment of stele.
The top akroterion and some of the bottom below the setting line broken away; otherwise intact.
An attempt was made in antiquity to break up the stele, and a narrow channel ... 337/336 B.C ... Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 51-53, pl. 20a ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 32, 151, fig. 91 ... Hesperia 82 (2013), pp. 440, 448, 449, n. 35. |
| a) Mended from two pieces. Bottom, most of lower part and small part of upper walls and rim preserved; complete profile given. Small rosette within wide groove in bottom medallion. Vertical grooves, alternately ... 29 April, 9 May 1953 ... (1956), p. 90, n. 12; p. 91, n. |
| Intact save for end of nose and ancient chip from right ear and recent chips from hair and left ear.
Socket for fitting into body rough-picked; carried up high in back of neck.
Hair in marked waves above ... Julio-Claudian period ... Lot Τ 77 |
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