Inventory Number: | A 2492 | |
Section Number: | ΗΑ 45 | |
ΗΑ 60 | ||
Title: | Iconostasis Lintel Fragments | |
Category: | Architecture Marble | |
Description: | a) Elaborate braid design carved on a face that forms an obtuse angle with the soffit. Additional fragments found October 1954, and numbered ΗΑ 60. Carved on one side with an elongated palmette pattern; on the adjacent face with interlocking squares enclosing rosettes. A joining fragment was plastered to the piece from the N.W. pier, and a small piece found nearby joins this. All joined before rebuilding into Church. From the Church of the Holy Apostles. Byzantine. Pentelic marble. | |
Context: | a) (ΗΑ 45) Sanctuary, central part, between floors of Church of Holy Apostles. (ΗΑ 60) Many additional joining fragments found October 1954; one piece built into N.W. pier, in upper part; others from debris inside church; two from marble pile. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 80-115, 80-116, 80-117, 80-118, 80-119, 80-120 | |
Dimensions: | Max. Dim. a) 0.10 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Chronology: | Byzantine | |
Date: | a) (ΗΑ 45) 29 July 1954 (ΗΑ 60) October 1954 | |
Section: | ΗΑ | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Bibliography: | Agora XX, frag. a) p. 16, no. D, pl. 11, a, b; frag. b) p. 16, no. E, pl. 11, c, d. | |
References: | Publication: Agora XX Publication Page: Agora 20, s. 30, p. 16 Monument: Church of the Holy Apostles Images (14) Card: A 2492 Card: A 2492 |