Inventory Number: | A 249 | |
Section Number: | Η' 581 | |
Title: | Step Block with Mason's Mark | |
Category: | Architecture Marble | |
Description: | Bottom step block. Both ends broken. Front surface worked smooth to 0.120m. from top. The remaining surface below projects 0.01m. from this finished face and is rough-picked. Top surface badly weathered and apparently reused for a threshold: cutting for pivot socket. Dividing line visible 0.016.-0.018m. from front surface. Pry hole 0.045m. back from surface in association with a 0.05m. x 0.015m. dowel cutting. Mason's mark: Ο Δ. Assigned to the Temple of Ares. Pentelic marble. <graphic> | |
Notes: | Found at J/10-7/16 (Fall 2016). | |
Context: | Demolition of late foundations in N.W. corner of section. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.300; Th. 0.618 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 23 January 1934 | |
Section: | Η' | |
Grid: | Η':43-49/ΞΒ-ΞΘ | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 49, 51. | |
Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 3, n. 9. | ||
References: | Publication: Hesperia 9 (1940) Publication: Hesperia 28 (1959) Monument: Temple of Ares Notebooks (4) Notebook Pages (5) Card: A 249 Card: A 249 |