Agora Object: A 1814
Inventory Number:   A 1814
Section Number:   Ε 604
Title:   Step Block with Mason's Mark
Category:   Architecture Marble
Description:   Broken at back and left end. Top much worn, as block was used as a door sill (see post and pivot holes at right end).
Parts of mason's marks preserved - seem to be Γ Γ. These are ca. 0.41m. apart on centers. On front is a lifting boss 0.60m. from right end and 0.05m. from bottom.
Probably bottom step from west side of Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble.
Notes:   Found at J/10-7/19 (Fall 2016).
Context:   Byzantine wall to east of road at line MB.
Notebook Page:   1107
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.95; P.H. 0.36; P.W. 0.49; L. (lifting boss) 0.10; W. (lifting boss) 0.10
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   9 May 1951
Section:   Ε
Bibliography:   Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 49, 54.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 28 (1959)
Report: 1951 Ε
Report Page: 1951 Ε, s. 6
Monument: Temple of Ares
Notebook: Ε-6
Notebook: Ε-7
Notebook Page: Ε-7-29 (pp. 1216-1217)
Card: A 1814