Inventory Number: | S 1559 | |
Section Number: | Τ 1063 | |
Title: | Relief Fragments: Inscribed | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Both fragments broken all around. On a), in low relief, the right side of a female head wearing modius. Three letters of inscription preserved above and to left. On b) the head and shoulders of a similar figure in profile to left. She wears a thin sleeved chiton with a heavier chiton over it. Her hair, worn in a roll around the face, is drawn into a heavy knot at the nape, with curls falling to the shoulders. The modius is low, plain and slightly flaring. Pentelic marble. Probably to be associated with S 1569 (Τ 1116). | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | From modern houses beside Church of Holy Apostles; fragment b) from wall of house 638/7. | |
Negatives: | Leica, LIII-47, 81-43-8, 81-43-9, 95-6-30, 95-4-14, 95-4-15 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. a) 0.205, b) 0.21; Lett. H. 0.011; P.W. a) 0.19, b) 0.21; Th. a) 0.095, b) 0.075 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 2 February 1952 | |
Section: | Τ | |
Bibliography: | Agora XXXVIII, no. 38, p. 48, pl. 10. | |
References: | Publication: Agora XXXVIII Images (9) Card: S 1559 Card: S 1559 |