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| Shield decoration from statue base from the Odeion.
Fragment from bottom retaining part of rim of one shield.
Apparently from the same series as S 1212 (ΟΔ 209). Marble dump. (Note traces of mortar, presumably ... 13 June 1949 |
Small fragment with rather pointed scales.
Possibly from snaky ending of a proper Giant, like the first giant from the east.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile near N.W. corner of Odeion. Leica ... August 1946 |
| Two fragments from a statue:
a) from left ankle.
b) of left foot with sandal.
Scale, workmanship and material suggest that the fragments come from an akroterion of the north wing of the Stoa.
Pentelic ... 17 June 1936 |
| Fragment from lower torso and thighs, much battered and worn.
From a high relief; a small not worked area on the buttocks probably gives point of attachment to background.
Arched line above pubes. Genitals ... January-February 1949 |
| Broken above.
A scar remains of a tenon that led out from the back for attachment to a plain surface.
Ithyphallic.
Pentelic marble. From cross cut in South Stoa II, layer V, on bedrock, i.e. in construction ... 8 August 1956 |
| Broken all around and behind.
On the front, in relief, the trunk of an olive tree with leaves beginning to show at the top of the fragment as preserved. To the right something rises from the background: ... July 1948 |
| Broken all around. Back very rough but possibly original.
Lower part of torso and right leg (kneeling?) of draped male figure. Part of relief background preserved.
Fair condition.
Pentelic marble. Selected ... March 1953 |
| Part of fishtailed creature, lower torso, the scales well preserved.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile north of second Giant from west. Leica, XXIX-56 ... August 1946 |
| Broken off at back and below. Head broken off at neck, arms and shoulders.
Curve of center line suggests action. Head was turned to proper left. Scale and depth of relief suitable for a metope, but weathering ... July 1953 |
| Fragment preserving folds of a garment (himation?) falling over a rectangular object (post? corner of chair?). At upper right of fragment a corner of the garment, undercut with a small drill, overlaps ... March 1954 |
| The upper part of the torso only, much battered and worn.
From a high relief; an area not worked on the upper part of the back probably gives point of attachment to background.
The stump of the left arm ... January-February 1949 |
| Broken at both ends. Tapering and twisting, a slightly projecting spine down the back.
Surface rather roughly tooled all over, but rougher on one side than the other. Moderate weathering on one side.
The ... 1948 |
| Fragment from upper back part of shaft with end of back hair. Remains of cuttings for arms. Hair in horizontal waves; strands carved at edges only.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile originally behind Stoa ... January 1955 |
| Fragment preserves proper right side of beard and face of archaistic herm with drapery thrown over it.
Cf. S 33 from Section Ε.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile by north gate (marbles left in Stoa area ... Roman period. |
| Small fragment of elbow from right arm, in scale and style close to S 1214 (ΩΔ 223).
Only slightly weathered.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile between Odeion and Giants. Leica, XXVI-72, XXXIII-65 ... August 1946 |
| Fragment from lower part of shaft, preserving tenon for insertion in plinth.
From stage front of Odeion.
Greenish white Karystos (?) marble.
From same series as S 553 (Ν 263), S 554 (Ν 264), S 558 (Ο ... 26 March 1949 |
| A little of the right edge preserved, with plain panel; back rough-picked. Figure preserved from shoulders to knees; right arm missing; surface damaged.
A standing female figure; draped in chiton and himation, ... March 1953 |
| Broken at level of mouth. Back broken away. Battered (locks on proper left side gone).
From copy of the Pergamon Alcamenes herm type.
Weathering probably more modern than ancient.
Pentelic marble. From ... January 1955 |
| Preserves corkscrew curls of archaistic herm and some of the drapery over it.
Hard, Roman work.
Thasian marble. From marble pile by north gate (marbles left in Stoa area. Leica ... Roman period. |
| Forearm preserved from elbow to wrist. Heavily weathered on surface of arm and on break at wrist, comparatively fresh on upper break.
Was the hand of the Giant already missing when the late Romans reset ... August 1946 |
| Head, right arm, feet and chips of figure and seat missing.
Seated in Mother of Gods attitude, but without attributes. Doric chiton and cloak with heavy fold drawn over knees and falling down left side ... 1949 |
| Broken all around.
Left side of large-scale cuirass decorated with Athena and two Nikai.
Athena stands front in center with aegis and a shield in her left hand. To her left a winged victory helps to support ... 6 July 1972 |
| Broken at neck, preserving part of socket of right arm. Tip of nose broken. Lower lip replaced, probably ancient repair during carving.
Bearded. Long hair in waves from face and circulating from crown ... 17-20 August 1971 |
| The fragment comes from near the bottom of the proper right corner, preserving a little of the snaky body and a little of the lateral molding on the back of the pier.
Both body and molding were left rough ... 14 August 1947 |
Broken or chipped all around.
Some back preserved. Skirt of Amazon fighting uphill to right.
Much weathered from marble pile. Surfaces protected by mortar (now removed) are fresh.
Pentelic marble.
From ... July 1959 |
| Broken off below wrist. Falling ends of drapery broken away. Much weathered.
Left hand, life-size or only a little under, raised and enveloped in drapery from which the ends of three fingers emerge. Delicate ... November 1953 |
| Broken all around.
Standing figure, facing front. Top half human, apparently female, lower half bird. Right hand held over right breast, left arm held away from body. Head missing.
Crystalline white marble ... 2 August 1972 |
| Broken at left, right and below. Part of smooth top and rough-picked back preserved.
Head of a woman, left, wearing a sakkos, in medium high relief. Probably broken from a grave monument.
Pentelic marble ... 5 July 1949 |
| The figure of a man preserved from neck to thigh; battered.
Upper body and right arm bare. Left hand holds cloak below chest; right arm at side bent with forearm across lower body.
Pentelic marble. Found ... January-February 1949 |
| Head of an unknown, middle aged man in a skullcap. The head is broken off at the base of the neck; most of the right ear, the end of the nose and the tip of the left ear are missing. Chips gone from the ... 1st c. B.C. |
| Three joining fragments.
Fragment from lower left corner of the monument. There remain parts of two figures in high relief surrounded by a deep frame. On the left, a minor female figure holding something ... May 1953 |
| Preserved from lower jaw to lower part of neck.
Life-size, frontal pose.
Three strands of wavy hair fall on each side of neck. Hair on back in etagen peruche, five rows preserved.
Island marble. Found ... 1st half of 6th c. B.C. |
| Broken all around. Very worn.
Togate figure preserved from neck to hips. Left arm hangs down, right arm bent across body. Back flat and rough-picked. Hence a relief, though all background now broken away ... 4 June 1971 |
| Mended from over 73 fragments; apparently deliberately destroyed. Missing is body of goat and fragments from back of neck and back of right hand of faun.
The faun, smiling, is holding panpipes in his ... 5 May 1932 |
| Two groups of joining fragments and three non-joining belonging to the right half of a small pediment in high relief representing a lion attacking a bull. Presumably the other half contained another lion ... Ca. 500-490 B.C. (?) |
| Broken at neck. Back of head, including part of one ear; appears to have been cut to form flat surface. Tip of beard and nose missing. Very worn. Heavy encrustation on hair above forehead, nothing on re-cut ... 7 July 1981 |
| Part of right hand of colossal figure holding staff or stick.
Perhaps slightly greater in scale than other hands of giants, but very similar in material and workmanship.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. S 596 (Ν' ... August 1946 |
| Intact save for end of nose and ancient chip from right ear and recent chips from hair and left ear.
Socket for fitting into body rough-picked; carried up high in back of neck.
Hair in marked waves above ... Julio-Claudian period. |
| Missing: upper part of left ear, edges of right ear, tip of nose, left side of neck at join. Mended from two adjoining pieces. The tenon is chipped and broken. The head is preserved from top to tenon, ... 10 B.C.-20 A.D. |
| A piece from the right edge of the relief. Broken above, below and at the left. Surface of relief chipped away.
Back rough-picked, side rough claw-chiseled. A hole in the side.
Shows a herm with twisted ... June 1962 |
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