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[Agora Object] S 1220: Foot and Plinth Fragments of Colossal Figure

Parts of left foot of a colossal figure. a) First three toes of foot. Edge of plinth to proper right appears to be original. Very precise work; surface extremely fresh. Traces of red (?) on toenail. b) ... a) (ΩΔ 229) 15 June 1946 b) (Ι 1640) July 1959

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[Agora Object] H 163: Fragmentary Amphora or Olpe with Graffito

Eleven pieces comprising two non-joining fragments. To Young's publication of six pieces are now added five more, two of which help to complete to inscription. Part of the side wall with reserved panel ... 600 B.C ... Letters incised deeply but not too carefully with a blunt point. Line 1: Ανδρογ[---] ho Δ[..]ιες Line 2: τοι Δι τ΄άναχτι hισ- Line 3: έδρασεν Line 1 contains a proper name, Androg ... , followed by a patronymic or an ethnic. ... Hemberg shows that Apollo receives the title Anax in Homer and Classical literature far more often than any other deity, and since, like Zeus, Apollo was worshipped on Mount Hymettos (Pausanias, I, 32,2), it is possible that the inscription is a dedication to both deities. ... To the right of the end of line 1 is a lone four-barred sigma, larger and more deeply cut than the letters of the inscription.