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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0097 (XVI-56)

Block from marble string course of the Tholos, upper side ... Horizontal (normal) ... May 1939

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[Agora Object] A 914: String Course Block

Two large fragments, which together give the full length and width. One end is finished with a toothed chisel to be visible, the other end has anathyrosis. The inner face is smooth-dressed with the tooth ... 1934

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940): The Tholos of Athens and its Predecessors

Thompson, H. A ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Famous classical buildings, such as the Parthenon, are preserved in such monumental isolation that it is hard to reconstruct the effect that they might have had on the ancient visitor. Their setting relative ... 1940