Inventory Number: | S 558 | |
Section Number: | Ο 590 | |
Title: | Head of Male Figure with Backing Block | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | The features are entirely obliterated, and the surface, calcined, is preserved only in hollow between neck and face, and at top of head. Head of a youth (?), about half life-size, full face, in high relief. Short close hair, bound by a fillet. The slab behind is preserved at top, back and right side. Two hook clamps in the top. The top of the head, in front of the slab, is cut down slightly. Pentelic marble. This piece closely resembles two heads from debris of the Burnt Building: S 553 (Ν 263), S 554 (Ν 264). Also cf. S 558 (Ο 590), S 597 (Ν'80), S 1213 (ΩΔ 218), S 1391 (ΣΑ 327). | |
Context: | Fill beside bottom of late wall, ca. 15m. east of Burnt Building. | |
Negatives: | Leica, XXXIII-56, XXXIII-57, XXXIII-58, color slide | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.24, (head proper) 0.175; W. 0.165; Th. 0.145, (slab) 0.045 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 17 April 1935 | |
Section: | Ο | |
Grid: | Ο:80/ΛΒ | |
Bibliography: | Museum Guide (2014), pp. 30, 40-41, fig. 21. | |
Paterakis (1997), pp. 75-97. | ||
Hesperia 19 (1950), pl. 49 a, b. | ||
Agora XI, no. 221, p. 170, pl. 59. | ||
Agora XIV, pp. 111-114, pl. 60 d. | ||
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:S 597 | |
Agora:Object:S 1213 | ||
Agora:Object:S 1391 | ||
References: | Publications (4) Publication Pages (5) Images (13) Notebook: ΩΔ-4 Notebook Page: ΩΔ-4-32 (pp. 655-656) Card: S 558 |