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| Broken all around, only front and back surfaces preserved. On back, mason's mark: Α. Face much weathered.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Island (?) marble.
Seems to belong to same series as A ... 31 August 1951 ... Thompson in architecture store room. |
| Left end with joint preserved. Shallow cavetto. Mason's mark (?) on top: Η.
Island marble.
Fragments of several others left in marble pile in front of Library.
Probably to be associated with A 2992 (horizontal) ... 1959 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 37/2 |
| Part of left side preserved with anathyrosis; otherwise broken.
Inscribed with one letter: Α.
ADDENDA Also interpreted as fragment of an inscription. Byzantine well. Leica ... 15 April 1939 ... Architecture Marble |
| Complete, except for chips. Worn. Ionic capital with slightly projecting echinus carved with egg and dart. Slight ridge between two raised bands on bolster. Apparent mason's mark Η on side, above egg and ... 17 August 1972 ... Architecture | Building Blocks | Masons Marks ... Architecture | Capitals | Ionic |
| One corner missing, along with chips from two other volutes. Surface generally fresh. Ionic capital, projecting echinus carved with egg and dart. Slight ridge between two raised bands on bolster. Mason's ... 17 August 1972 ... Architecture Marble |
Complete but battered.
Lotus petals spring from a single row of acanthus. Round hole in bottom. Mason's mark on underside.
Marble pile north of the "Giants" ... 1962 ... Architecture | Building Blocks | Masons Marks ... Architecture | Capitals | Corinthian |
| Badly battered on volute face; rear face broken away except at right end where some of the original shows. Bolsters quite well preserved except on bottom faces where trimmed off to flatten block for reuse ... 22 May 1964 ... Architecture Misc. |
| Broken at bottom and back, on left, and at tip. At right projection, ca. 0.035m. beyond palmette, ending in finished surface. Roman cement clinging to surface shows double reuse. Palmette antefix carved ... 23 April 1951 ... Architecture Marble |
| Three joining fragments preserved about half the lower face of the block, with fillet, and of the coffer and coffer molding.
On one outer edge, the finished surface of a cutting.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA ... 8 May 1951 ... Architecture Marble |
| There still remains a little of the bronze terme, and of the lead in which it was set. Shape of the base roughly triangular, with corners shorn off, and slightly concave sides.
Limestone.
Cf. A 1821 (Ζ ... 25 May 1951 ... Architecture | Monument Bases and Tops |
| Broken all around, but full thickness apparently preserved.
A bedding of rough stones about the size of a man's fist, over which a thick layer of cement has been poured. In this cement flat stones from ... May 1951 ... Architecture Misc. |
| Broken above, in back, and at sides. Lion's head mostly missing. Anathyrosis on under side.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Parian (?) marble.
Same as: A 1570, A 1778, A 1899, A 1903, A 1967, A ... July 1951 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 15/6 |
| Original bottom, part of front, and floor of channel behind preserved; broken at sides, back and upper part of front surface.
Part of spiral in relief and on lion's head spout preserved. Roughly picked ... 26 July 1951 ... Architecture Marble |
| Complete save minor chips.
Pentelic marble. Marble dump: from a modern house as shown by remains of whitewash clinging to the surface: said by the chief foreman to come from the church of Elias and Charalambos ... 1932 ... Architecture Marble |
| A complete section of base, intact save minor chips.
Torus with horizontal channelings. At center, a square dowel.
Island marble.
Cf. A 829. Marble dump east of Stoa, towards north. Leica, 80-78-20, 80-78-21, ... 10 June 1949 ... Architecture | Column Bases |
| Fragment from right corner, with part of the face and of the gutter behind preserved.
Palmette and scrolls in low relief on front.
From Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Island marble.
Same as A 1778, A 1894, ... February 1950 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 16/6 |
| 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 ... Architecture | Tiles |
| 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 ... Architecture Marble |
| Volutes missing and a large part of one of the upper ends; much battered.
Poros. Finished Built into north wall of Building A (Byzantine). Leica PD 2348 ... May 29 1937 ... Architecture Poros |
| Fragment from a rectangular plaque; part of one edge preserved.
Both faces finished; on one the edge is raised, and set off by two grooves; on the other the plain edge rises by a shallow molding to a ... 16 April 1937 ... Architecture Misc. |
| Two non-joining fragments of a torus with six flutes.
a) Preserves part of rectangular dowel cuttings on both top and bottom surfaces, at about the center.
b) Perhaps preserves one corner of a similar ... 17 March 1938 ... Architecture Marble |
| Kymation top and bottom.
Mouth much worn by ropes.
Marble. Well in S.E. corner of court of Late Roman Building; context of 12th century A.D. 330 Leica ... 13 June 1939 ... Architecture Marble |
| One end preserved; a joint surface.
Cyma recta type.
Pentelic marble. Found in clearing in front of Stoa of Zeus. Leica ... 1933 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/3 |
| Part of the bottom surface preserved. Archaic.
Pentelic marble. Marble dump to east of Stoa of Attalos. Leica PD 1581, PD 2399 ... 1933 ... Architecture Marble |
| Ovolo type.
Pentelic marble. Marble dump to east of Stoa of Attalos. Leica ... 1933 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/3 |
| Cavetto sima.
Island marble.
Same: A 1835, A 1892, A 2527, A 2995, A 3006.
Cf. horizontal series A 758 etc. Marble dump behind Stoa of Attalos. Leica ... 1933 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/3 |
| Two fragments:
a) The top surface, toothed, with relieving surface, preserved. Behind, part of a circular cutting, rough-picked. On the crowning molding the marks of a painted egg and dart pattern.
On ... 14 April 1934 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/4 |
| Broken at right end, behind and below. Finished with toothed chisel on left end and top.
An ovolo surmounted by a plain fascia.
Fair work.
Pentelic marble. Found in the front of the S.E. corner of the ... 12 May 1934 ... Architecture | Balustrades, Fence Posts, Etc. |
| Fully preserved save for broken crowning molding and corner chips.
Bottom surface worked with toothed chisel. The moldings return on both sides for 0.196m., and the corners are picked away to engage the ... 1933 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/1 |
| Complete except for chips. Large rectangular block with moldings at upper front edge; from top to bottom: a shallow cavetto, torus, scotia, torus and a cyma reversa. Top surface has a cutting apparently ... 21 April 1972 ... Architecture | Balustrades, Fence Posts, Etc. |
| Chips missing. Cut down at one end. Straight sides canted towards flat top. No cuttings, anathyrosis on sides.
Soft yellow poros. In foundation of Late Roman Circular Building, where it crosses Enclosure ... 19 August 1971 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 39/8 |
| Complete except for chips. Large Corinthian pilaster capital, somewhat crude workmanship and deeply undercut.
Front: two eggs on either side of a dart, surrounded by a palmette, flanked on either side ... 2 April 1973 ... Architecture Marble |
| Upper part of head from marble sima; sima not preserved. Part of the ears and one eye, the hair with one row of locks on side and two on top, and upper part of cutting for spout. Much worn and weathered ... March 1973 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 39/6 |
| Complete. Torus from Ionic base, horizontally fluted with six flutes. Square empolion cutting through center, carved from both sides, and at different orientations.
Naxian marble.
Same series as A 266 ... Second half of 6th century B.C ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 34/9 |
| Broken off down center of forehead and below right eye. Battered.
From a sima with cut out top. Causally modeled head with flat locks and deep set round eye.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Pentelic ... July 1956 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 15/8 |
| Vertical wavy fluting. Dead-white, fine-grained micaceous marble (Parian?).
ADDENDA Published as well head fragment with molded base. Preserved circumference at base 0.26m. Marble pile. Leica ... 1958 ... Architecture | Well, Cistern and Drain Furniture |
| Upper part only preserved. The petals are modeled only at the edges; on the face they must have been painted.
Island marble.
Same as A 296, A 897, A 898. Found among marbles in N.W. corner of Eleusinion ... 29 April 1959 ... Architecture Marble |
| One corner missing; projecting molding mostly broken off.
Poros. Finished Lying as left after earlier excavations east of Hypapanti Church. 251 Leica ... April 1959 ... Architecture | Altars |
| One corner broken; moldings and one bolster damaged. Trimmed off diagonally at one end for some later reuse. Full length seems preserved. Bolster at this end missing. Traces of thin whitewash on sides ... 11 June 1959 ... Architecture Poros |
| a) Fragment from lower corner of altar similar to A 2827 an A 2828.
b) Fragment from lower corner.
c) Fragment of molding.
Moldings well preserved. Traces of thin white stucco or wash.
Poros. Area of Circular ... 11 June 1959 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 36/7 |
| Part of one end preserved, but neither edge. On underside, lug for holding tile in position.
Island marble. Marble pile. Leica ... 20 June 1959 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 36/8 |
| Full width of one section preserved with the spring of a tubular spout. Outer face plain and straight; angle between bed and face 88 degrees.
Cuttings for dowel 0.14m. back from face. Bed finished with ... 1959 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 37/7 |
| Of the two adjacent preserved edges one is smooth, the other has a tongue and groove joint. Traces of hydraulic cement on both faces; but not enough remains to show water deposit. From Klepsydra.
Tan-colored ... 1961 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 37/3 |
| The plaster was laid on crude brick in two layers, the first containing coarse sand and brown in color, the second of white lime and marble dust, smooth polished.
In a few fragments the finishing coat ... 29 April 1953 ... Architecture | Plaster, Stucco, Faience and Cement |
| The lower part of a stele similar to I 6969.
Sunken band below 0.055m.
Hymettian marble. Found at C/18-7/5 (Fall 2016). Found at Herakleidon and Neleus Streets. Built into late wall across front of porch ... June 1958, 1963 ... Architecture Marble |
| Broken above and on one side. Some of the top surface is preserved; bolsters missing at either end. Molding at bottom.
From Sanctuary of Artemis Aristoboule.
Poros. Inventory number erased.
Not found 2016 ... June 1958, 1963 ... Architecture Poros |
| Complete. Corner block from the plinth of a large monument. Finished on two adjacent sides with a cyma reversa. In top a shallow bedding, apparently for a colossal left foot.
Hard gray poros.
(Consider ... 2 September 1964 ... Architecture | Monument Bases and Tops |
| One corner hacked away by the house builder.
From another corner of the same monument as plinth A 3475. In this case, however, the bedding for the foot extended into a second (missing) block. Socket for ... 2 September 1964 ... Architecture Poros |
| Fragment from lower jaw of lion with parts of teeth and gums on sides.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Island marble.
Cf. A 1969 and related pieces. Found in box with fragments of Nikai from Stoa ... April 1954 ... Architecture Marble |
| Upper left part of head from sima with cutout top (cf. A 1969 and its series).
Preserved back surface and upper part of wide cutting for spout. Much worn and weathered.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion ... April 1954 ... Architecture | Simas and Lion Spouts |
| Over half preserved. Rough-picked at edge. Double upper torus, almost vertical scotia, low lower torus, and vertical plinth. Asymmetrical. Originally engaged?
Pentelic marble. Room 4, Roman House H, Layer ... 12 August 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 38/6 |
| Broken all around and on top. Bottom, i.e. surface to be seen from below, is slightly concave and preserves traces of incised paint guidelines. These are palmettes (four originally) enclosed in heart-shaped ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/1 |
| Preserved is lower part of coffered beam of type A, broken on both ends and across top.
Rear joint surface rough-picked (from anathyrosis?). Bottom surface decoration (beginning 0.91m. back from first ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/4 |
| Preserved is lower part of coffered beam of type A, broken at back, top, and both ends. Decoration as on A 3890: bead and reel better preserved, ovolo not fully preserved.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture | Ceilings |
| Preserved is lower surface of coffered beam of type A and joint surface with band of anathyrosis. Carved bead and reel joins joint edge at 900, then turns to border edge along joint. Only central cross ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/1 |
| Full height may be preserved. Part of bottom and joint surface with anathyrosis preserved of coffered beam of type A. Bottom surface has bead and reel and maeander.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Preserved is bottom surface, lower interior fascia, and joint surface with lower band of anathyrosis of coffered beam of type A. Bottom surface has bead and reel along joint surface, turning at 90o at ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/1 |
| Preserved is part of bottom and of joint surfaces of coffered beam of type A. No traces of paint. Joint surface has band of anathyrosis. Bottom has part of carved bead and reel. Incised guide lines for ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/1 |
| Preserved is part of bottom surface of coffered beam of type A. Bead and reel, plain smooth surface for 0.12m. and tooth-chiseled resting surface for 0.18m.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture | Ceilings |
| Preserved is fragment of coffered beam of type A with upper pair of fascia and ovolo. Ovolo has traces of egg and dart. Cf. A 3890 for lower pair of fascia and ovolo.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/1 |
| Preserved is piece of coffered beam of type A with lower ovolo and upper fascia. Ovolo has traces of painted egg and dart.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green Lime Mortar Wall. 1092 Leica PD 2025 ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Preserved is fragment of coffered beam of type A with upper pair of fascia-ovolo. No traces of paint.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green Lime Mortar Wall. 1092 Leica PD 2024 (7) ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Preserved is piece of coffered beam of type A with part of lower ovolo, and upper pair of fascia-ovolo. Upper ovolo has strong traces of painted egg and dart.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/1 |
| Large piece of coffered beam of type A broken all around with only part of a fascia and of an ovolo preserved - too fragmentary to tell from which pair.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green Lime ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture | Ceilings |
| Large piece of coffered beam of type A broken all around, with part of lower fascia and ovolo preserved. Ovolo has strong traces of egg and dart.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green Lime Mortar ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Broken above, below and at both ends. Preserved are lower ovolo, upper fascia, part of upper ovolo of coffered beam of type A. Both ovolos have traces of painted egg and dart. Back surface rough-picked ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Broken on all sides. Preserved is part of lower surface of coffered beam of type B. Carved bead and reel, which is 0.049m. back from front edge of lower fascia. Inner surface has sequence: lower fascia, ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Fragment of coffered beam of type B, broken at both sides and top. Back surface rough-picked. Bottom surface smooth for 0.013m., with carved bead and reel in center. Remainder of lower surface is tooth-chiseled ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/2 |
| Fragment of coffered beam of type A, with preserved joint surface with anathyrosis and lower surface with carved bead and reel along edge of joint and at 90o to it. No traces of paint. Cf. A 3892 and A ... 16 July 1970 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/2 |
| Broken all around. Preserved is fascia and ovolo of coffered beam. Ovolo has traces of painted egg and dart.
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble. From Green Lime Mortar Wall. 1092 Leica PD 2025 ... 16 July 1970 ... Architecture Marble |
| Back cut down. Battered. Exactly half preserved. Ornamentation in two tiers: lowest tier has two eggs and a dart in center, flanked by acanthus leaves; upper tire has spiraling stalks curving out towards ... 6 April 1971 ... Architecture | Pilasters and Pilaster Capitals |
| Broken on three sides. Parts of two coffers preserved. Carved bead and reel runs around coffers. Coffer molding is flattened ovolo. Anathyrosis on one side.
Pentelic marble. House 653/3. 31 Leica PD 2110 ... 26 April 1971 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 13/6 |
| Broken above, below and to left. Preserves greater part of a relief palmette, flanked by flowers. Much weathered.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Island marble.
The two fragments A 1967(Ν 898) ... 14 April 1952 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 16/7 |
| Broken above, below and to right. Preserves greater part of palmette, with flower to left and tendrils below. Carefully worked in low relief. Severely weathered.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion ... 14 April 1952 ... Architecture Marble |
| a) Upper part of head. Broken in front, below and to right. Preserves only small trace of lion's mane and outline of head. Much weathered.
b) Lower jaw fragment. Broken above, in front and on both sides ... 14 April 1952 ... Architecture | Simas and Lion Spouts |
| Three fragments.
a) Two joining fragments giving width of coffer with borders, and very flat molding on one side. Surface very rough. Traces of paint.
b) Similar fragment of vault with part of one border ... 1953 ... Architecture | Ceilings |
| a) Preserves the false cover tile with a weathering line showing the overlap of the last cover tile 0.04m. from edge of stop tile, which ends 0.05m. from the back of the sima. A space separates the concave ... 21 August 1969 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 38/4 |
| About one quarter of the circle remains. A cylindrical base finished with fine toothed chisel. A carefully worked scamillus, a carefully scratched circle 0.025m. farther in. On outer face a lightly scratched ... 6 June 1964 ... Architecture | Monument Bases and Tops |
| Antefix in the form of a gorgoneion. About two-thirds of the antefix proper preserved. Fragment from the forelocks and the lower right part of the gorgoneion missing, minor chips.
A red and black painted ... May 1953 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Painted ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic |
| Fragment of a small cornice block, broken all around; the corona broken off; at the back a small rough-picked area; two dentils are preserved.
Moldings:
Upper part of cyma recta (?), ca. 0.075m.
Ovolo, ... 20 April 1931 ... Architecture Marble |
| Upper end with square dowel hole preserved. Broken below. Surface stippled to take stucco. Unfluted.
To be assigned to predecessor of Square Building.
Cf. A 1634 (ΣΑ 1055).
Poros. Found at P/14-8/2 (Fall ... 12 May 1950 ... Architecture | Columns | Miscellaneous |
| Part of upper (?) surface with square dowel at center. Broken below. About half circumference preserved. Unfluted. Surface stippled to take stucco.
To be assigned to predecessor of Square Building (?) ... 29 July 1949 ... Architecture | Columns | Miscellaneous |
| The upper left corner preserved, with smooth-dressed top and back, broken below and at right.
The left side is decorated with a leaf pattern carved in low relief. On the face, a little of the dial remains, ... 12 April 1951 ... Architecture | Miscellaneous | Sun Dials |
| Broken at both ends and at back; finished lower edge. Chipped.
Part of a large muzzle and eye (?).
Good roof tile fabric with smooth buff slip.
ADDENDA A spout of an eaves tile? Published as an archetype ... 1933 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 20/6 |
| From a large capital; the lower half of the volute and part of cushion of capital preserved.
Pentelic marble. Filling of Square Building. 4372 Leica PD 2408, PD 2713 ... 4 June 1951 ... Architecture | Capitals | Ionic |
| Stone broken at bottom, right, back and top. Smooth finished left edge with beginning of curved molding near top. Incised lined divide a half circle into twelve units. Lightly scratched letters near center ... 25 June 1951 ... Architecture Marble |
| Rough-picked bottom, right side and front preserved. Part of concave surface with arcs marked off by incised lines. Recessed surface outside the concave surface of dial.
Uncertain if conical or spherical ... 2 July 1951 ... Architecture Marble |
| Full height and main mass of corner capital preserved, much damaged all around. Of the volutes only about half of one and a small bit of another preserved.
Pentelic marble.
Same series as A 1130 (ΙΙ 514) ... 15 June 1951 ... Architecture | Capitals | Ionic |
| A bar of marble, intact, smoothed on all surfaces.
Top and one vertical edge slightly rounded and marked by a single deep groove; bottom contains hole in which lead is still preserved for holding a two-pronged ... 1937 ... Architecture Marble |
| Small capital, complete except for chips. Dowel in bottom; dowel with pour channel on top of abacus, 0.06m. from edge.
A griffin head and two winged rosettes in the center on each face.
Pentelic marble ... April 1949 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 33/4 |
| One end preserved; also complete height.
A design of cable pattern and spirals recalling the simas of the Middle Stoa. Finished Piers 10-11, West. Stoa fill West of Tower. Leica ... 29 November 1949 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 19/8 |
| Fragment from the edge of the volute. The spiral is a flat band. Careful work.
Pentelic marble. From late Roman fill. Leica, 90-23-8 PD 2403, PD 2712 ... April 1950 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 33/7 |
| Fragment from volute and resting surface, much battered. Off-white laminated marble, finished with toothed chisel.
Note scratch line 0.012m. inside limit of resting surface.
Marble.
Series as A 1595, from ... May 1950 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 15/7 |
| Fragment from volute and resting surface, much battered.
Finished with toothed chisel. Off-white laminated marble.
Cf. series A 1595 (Ι1355), from the Temple of Athena at Sounion. From marble pile near ... 12 May 1950 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 15/7 |
| Two joining fragments.
Abacus, fillets, and top of volutes recut to make base for interior support of fourth period of church. Lower part of volutes cut off.
Developed fifth century type egg and dart ... 18 February 1936 ... Architecture | Capitals | Ionic |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/7 |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/9 |
| 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 ... Architecture Terracotta |
| 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 ... Architecture Terracotta |
| Part of an edge preserved, otherwise broken.
Some of the petals of the palmette of an antefix.
Coarse pink to buff clay. Finished Late Roman Fill in S.W. corner of section. Leica ... 20 April 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous |
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