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Top surface: Setting line 0.155m. from front edge; the surface in front of this polished; behind, finished with chisel. Cuttings for H-clamps at each end; a rectangular dowel hole in about center of stone; ... 25 February 1936 |
Broken fragment of flat tile of coarse yellow clay; burned.
In stuccoed corner. Leica ... 4 March 1936 |
| Broken behind; chips missing from face.
Stamped in relief, beneath the palmette.
ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ series. In red filling. Leica, LIX-64 ... 4 March 1936 |
| Broken behind. Ridges on edges of upper side for cover tile to fit over.
On outer face of overhang, maeander in dark paint on light ground. On soffit, palmettes and bud ornament.
Gray on white; hearts ... 5 March 1936 |
| a) Intact. Ancient crack mended by two dowels before block was in position.
From a building or monument about 6.00m. in diameter.
The block has dentils at the bottom, then a coarsely cut bead and reel; ... 12 March 1936, 13 March 1936, 13 June 1936 |
Broken away above (slightly) and below.
An antefix (?) in the form of a human mask, broken away below the eyes, with two long rows of curls across the forehead; eyes and eyebrows exaggeratedly large.
Rather ... 16 March 1936 |
| Left edge, part of back edge, and part of top of front missing.
A large marble eaves-tile with slightly raised edges. Along the front was a high edge, ornamented with a pierced lion's head in the center ... 23 March 1936 |
| Part of resting surface preserved, otherwise broken. The 'echinus' and part of one volute remain, the former being of unusual height and shape.
On the lower part of the echinus, a painted egg and dart; ... 26 March 1936 |
| Thick circular tile with a hole through the center and four, shallow, round indentations on the upper face.
Cement in the central hole.
Cf. A 807. Well. Leica, LIX-85 ... 27 April 1936 |
| Fragment of echinus with part of volute and palmette in angle. Egg and dart painted after incision. Under surface finished with toothed chisel. Good work.
ADDENDA From Stoa Poikile. From well, dump. Leica ... 21 May 1935 |
Hard gray poros, finished rough to receive stucco, of which a little remains.
The top surface is so rough as to suggest a wooden epistyle. Note a cutting for a hook-clamp toward middle of one side.
For ... 2 June 1936 |
| Fragments of bottom (?) preserved, elsewhere broken.
Part of a terracotta balustrade or window grill, composed of superimposed arches of terracotta, made of strips of the material.
Coarse red clay, buff ... 9 June 1936 |
| Broken away above and behind.
One edge and one broad face as preserved are finished as exposed surfaces; the other broad face was cut with anathyrosis. Joint surfaces beneath. Good work.
Perhaps to be ... 1936 |
| A fragment from the middle of the top block. An arc of a setting line for an Ionic base is preserved on top. Close behind the line of the base, a cutting for a rectangular post. The cutting, broken away ... 1936 |
| One end missing and most of the corona broken off.
From a horizontal, lateral cornice.
Cyma reversa bed mold. Cutting for rafter in top. Cutting for hook clamp in one end of top.
Pentelic marble. Found ... 1933 |
| Fragment from upper left corner only; the face plain.
Good workmanship.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA Published as a piece from the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios. Initially though to be from the Royal Stoa. Found ... 1936 |
| Fragment a) comes from the base of the shaft; fragment b) from the top, preserving about one third of the periphery.
Excellent workmanship.
From Propylon of Bouleuterion.
Pentelic marble. Found in late ... 1933 |
| Four non-joining fragments, not necessarily from the same capital.
a) Preserves the lower edge of the abacus and the upper edge of the echinus.
b) Show the tops of flutes and one annulet.
c) Tops of flutes ... 1936 |
Preserved in three joining fragments is the upper right hand corner, except the top, the face entire and the whole lower part.
The head, with hair parted and waved, crowned with a diadem and bunches of ... May-June 1936 |
Fragment of lower right corner of a bracket like A 678 ( Ι 907), from the same mold. Clay is the same, but fired pinker. Great Drain. Leica ... May-June 1936 |
| All the upper projecting part of the palmette is missing, and only a small bit of the cover tile remains.
Across the face, below the palmette, in relief: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ
Coarse orange clay, full of impurities ... May-June 1936 |
Appears to have fallen into the drain from above, after the drain was filled up. Hence need not to be contemporary.
Most of lip gone at one end. Simple tongue joint; broad shallow corrugation, more marked ... May-June 1936 |
Wall block, left edge preserved, and dressed face, with the letter Δ.
Series of A 238; from the same building.
Assigned to the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Cleaning under late wall. Leica ... 2 March 1937 |
| Nose and mouth missing and tips of ears. Full thickness of sima preserved at back. Mane rendered on two rows of rather flat stylized tufts except over forehead where there is a third row of small tufts ... 18 April 1932 |
| Corner sima, cut in one piece with the extremities of both the horizontal and raking sima. The sinking for the statue plinth has a curved outline. Beside the main sinking are two drilled hole perhaps intended ... 11 March 1937 |
| Top preserved; broken at bottom, sides and back.
A Doric crowning molding, consisting of a vertical face above a hawk's beak, below which are a groove and then a flat band 0.007m. above the surface below ... 9 March 1937 |
| Top half of block broken off; elsewhere all faces preserved.
A regulation orthostate with carefully worked anathyrosis at the ends. A dowel cutting at each junction of the bottom and sides. The bottom ... 10 March 1937 |
Both ends broken off; elsewhere all faces preserved.
A ceiling beam designed to be the end of a series, as only one side (and the bottom) is carefully worked. Bottom plain, face plain, with a simple cove-molding ... 11 March 1937 |
| Two fragments, each preserving part of the periphery and a rough-picked end.
Of a) the edge has been beveled, and both beveled edge and periphery have been worked with a toothed chisel.
On the periphery ... 13 March 1937 |
| Only a fragment from one end. Heavy collar.
Thin brown glaze on inside and in bands on outside. Storage uncertain. Perhaps Block 26/6. Marble Chips Pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-86 ... 13 March 1937 |
Broken above and behind. Chipped.
Palmette and volutes in low relief; signature, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ, in raised letters across bottom.
Coarse red clay; remains of buff slip. Demolition fill in modern cellar. Leica ... 24 March 1937 |
Broken all around. Unglazed.
On concave side, two letters, sunken.
Late Roman fill. Leica ... 27 March 1937 |
| Most of one volute preserved, except for its lower edge.
A part of a very large Ionic capital, with carefully carved details. Volute has solid center with traces of cement for attaching a rosette. Base ... 31 March 1937 |
Broken off above and behind.
Spring of palmette preserved, above volutes.
Across bottom: Α Θ Η Ν Α Ι Ο [Σ] In late Roman fill. Leica ... 2 April 1937 |
| Broken at bottom and both ends.
Flat top and arched opening, made in one piece. Tile pierced at either side of top of arch.
Coarse red clay.
A similar piece, 0.066m. thick, but of different series, found ... 27 March 1937 |
| Left end bit with fasciae at top and bottom, ovolo between.
Top: maeander with cross; ovolo: lotus and palmette; bottom: running spiral.
Painted decoration in dark and dilute brown.
Red clay; yellowish ... 20 April 1937 |
Small fragment of thin flat tile, stamped on upper surface [ΟΙ].
Tholos Trench B, from a late pit, completely disturbed. Leica ... 14 May 1937 |
| From a lateral horizontal cornice, a cyma reversa soffit molding with a vertical fascia high above it. The nosing molding is much battered; possibly an ovolo. In the top two rafter cuttings, and at each ... 10 May 1937 |
| Right end broken; a part of a curved joint surface at the other end. Underside worked to be visible. In underside toward end with curved joint surface a cutting and part of the iron of a Π-clamp. Outside ... 1933 |
About one half the tile remains, preserving its full width but neither end.
A heavy flat tegula with high side flanges.
Stamped in middle of upper surface.
Gritty buff clay.
In late Roman filling on ... 11 May 1937 |
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