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| 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' ... 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 ... 14 August 1947 |
| Part of the chest and winged creature from the proper left side of a throne.
Apparently from the same series as S 826 (Σ 1260) and S 930 (Σ 1506).
Pentelic marble. From marble pile between the Odeion ... 20 August 1947 |
| A flake, apparently from the shoulder of a very large draped figure.
The surface towards the top was rough-finished with a single point; lower down, smoothed with a chisel. Towards one side a puntillo ... August 1947 |
| A flake from a colossal figure, preserving chiefly drapery but also a little hair (?) along one edge.
Surface for the most part finished with a narrow gouge, in part smoothed. Tooling is identical with ... 1948 |
| 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 ... 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: ... 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 ... 17 March 1949 |
| Fragment from lower part of shaft, preserving tenon for insertion in plinth.
From stage front of Odeion.
Greenish white Karystos (?) marble.
From same series as S 553 (Ν 263), S 554 (Ν 264), S 558 (Ο ... 26 March 1949 |
| Shield decoration from statue base from the Odeion.
Fragment from bottom retaining part of rim of one shield.
Apparently from the same series as S 1212 (ΟΔ 209). Marble dump. (Note traces of mortar, presumably ... 13 June 1949 |
| Inscribed fragments.
Broken in front and back at the top.
Fragment I 7483 a), large wall block, raised as statue base. Anathyrosis along two edges of bottom. Trace of swallowtail clamp and a dowel. Inscription ... 2 July 1974 |
| Most of pithos still in place in the ground, with part of the rim still intact. Heavy collar rim with flat top and flat outer surface sloping in to form very sharp angle with shoulder of pithos. Two broken ... 1947Λ |
| A flower pot-shaped basin sunk in the floor; the bottom broken and about two-thirds of the floor missing; one fragment of floor found in place. Flat bottom, but apparently curved floor. Steep walls; flat-topped ... 1947 |
| The head is broken away in back. Both ears missing. The front is well preserved, except for the tip of the nose. Stained. The hair parted in the middle and drawn back in loose waves.
On the top of the ... 15 April 1935, 30 May 1935 |
| A part of the back is broken away; the nose chipped; two cuttings for hook-clamps in top of block. The sides of the block finished smooth near the front; rough-picked further back. At the bottom the neck ... 15 April 1935 |
| The features are entirely obliterated, and the surface, calcined, is preserved only in hollow between neck and face, and at top of head.
Head of a youth (?), about half life-size, full face, in high relief ... 17 April 1935 |
| 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 ... 10 June 1935 |
| The face, about life-size, is preserved, the chin missing and the cheeks broken away.
The top of the head has its original surface, a smooth-finished one across its front, with rough-picked surface behind ... 18 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 ... 25 June 1935 |
| Badly damaged draped figure seated on a throne (Kybele? Philosopher ?). The throne is broken at top, left side and front of bottom. The head, shoulders, arms (except left forearm) and legs from the knees ... 11 February 1937 |
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