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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 ... Architecture Marble |
| 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 Marble |
| 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 Marble |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 37/5 |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 16/6 |
| 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 | Ceilings |
| 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 Misc. |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 34/3 |
| 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 ... Architecture | Simas and Lion Spouts |
| 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 Marble |
| 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 ... Architecture Marble |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 15/6 |
| 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 | Ceilings |
| 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 | Plaster, Stucco, Faience and Cement |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 32/3 |
| 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 | Well, Cistern and Drain Furniture |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 31/3 |
| Ovolo type.
Pentelic marble. Marble dump to east of Stoa of Attalos. Leica ... 1933 ... Architecture Marble |
| 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 ... Architecture Marble |
| 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 ... Architecture Marble |
| 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 Marble |
| 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 ... Architecture Marble |
| 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 | Pilasters and Pilaster Capitals |
| 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 ... Architecture | Column Bases |
| 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 ... Architecture | Simas and Lion Spouts |
| 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 ... North Basement-Architecture, Block 36/7, not found (no date) |
| 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 Poros |
| 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 | Altars |
| 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 ... Architecture | Altars |
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