Inventory Number: | S 948 | |
Section Number: | ΠΘ 2628 | |
Title: | Statuette of Herakles | |
Category: | Sculpture | |
Description: | Broken off at knees. Unfinished. Herakles facing, with his head turned to the right, and looking upward. His left hand rests on some indistinguishable object; his right is extended as if to throw something. He is nude except for the lion's skin knotted by the forepaws on his chest, and with the head worn as a cap. The figure has not been completely freed from the marble; the ends of several drill holes can be seen behind the face; the back is roughly blocked out and left unfinished. Pentelic marble. | |
Context: | Well, late 5th century context. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 7-373, XXXV-29, XXXV-30, XXXV-50, 97-54-10, 97-54-11, 97-54-12 | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.188; W. 0.116; Th. 0.047 | |
Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
Date: | 26 May 1937 | |
Section: | ΠΘ | |
Grid: | ΠΘ:113/ΛΔ | |
Elevation: | -17.8--.05m. | |
Masl: | -17.8--.05m. | |
Deposit: | B 15:1.2 | |
Basket: | 19-21 | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 341, no. C 136, pls. 102, 103. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 18 (1949) Images (10) Deposit: B 15:1 Deposit: B 15:1.2 Card: S 948 Card: S 948 |