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[Agora Publication] Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965

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[Agora Object] S 617: Herm Head Fragment

Fragment of back of head, life-size. Middle granular because of having been burned. Part of back of neck, with hair falling over it; a fillet bound around the head. Careful work, and rather good. Perhaps ... 20 February 1936

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[Agora Object] S 861: Head of Male Figure

Broken off at top of neck. Intact except for much rubbing. Small male head, possibly from a herm, with long droopy mustache and full beard. Hair arranged in cap-like form, with band, incised around crown ... 27 March 1937

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[Agora Object] S 1327: Herm Head

Small bearded male head, broken off below; chipped and stained. Head with full beard and mustache; the hair bound by a fillet. About a quarter life-size. Pentelic marble. Byzantine sand fill east of Great ... 31 March 1948

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[Agora Object] S 1888: Herm Beard Fragment

Broken off below mouth. Lower left corner broken off. Wedge-shaped beard with square end. Archaistic locks with curled ends. Strands engraved in each lock. About two-thirds life-size. Pentelic marble ... December 1954

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[Agora Object] S 1992: Miniature Herm Head

Head and upper part of shaft. Nose and left eye battered. Broken below, but end of pinhole preserved, not centered. White marble. Built into Byzantine Wall I. Leica ... 21 May 1957