APC Image: AK 1027Two fragments from Erechtheum frieze. Left: Tiny fragment of drapery with a smooth surface in the back, found among the small marble chips collected from different parts of the excavation. Its attribution to the frieze, which is based on the smooth back, is, of course, conjectural. Right: Upper part of right arm with piece of drapery thrown over the arm from the back and hanging down in front. The drapery is not finished on the back. To judge from the weathering at the break above the elbow, the lower arm seems to have been broken away while the statue was still in its place. The break at the shoulder looks fresh by comparison.
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Object Description:   Two fragments from Erechtheum frieze. Left: Tiny fragment of drapery with a smooth surface in the back, found among the small marble chips collected from different parts of the excavation. Its attribution to the frieze, which is based on the smooth back, is, of course, conjectural. Right: Upper part of right arm with piece of drapery thrown over the arm from the back and hanging down in front. The drapery is not finished on the back. To judge from the weathering at the break above the elbow, the lower arm seems to have been broken away while the statue was still in its place. The break at the shoulder looks fresh by comparison.
Negative Number:   AK 1027
Category:   Architectural structures and elements
Subcategory:   Frieze
Monument:   Erechtheum
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   18 X 13
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 139, fig. 27.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2160
Image Height:   1572